In My Own Words

It happens to us all. You know what I’m talking about…life’s sailing along relatively smoothly, you get complacent and take it for granted that all is right with your world, all things considered. Then out of the blue – WHAM! – your little corner of the world isn’t so smooth sailing at all. This has [...]

Sebastian Junger wrote a book titled “War,” which is basically a journal of time he spent in Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley with a platoon of American Soldiers. He and Tim Hetherington made a documentary film titled “Restrepo,” which is the name of the combat outpost the Soldiers that Mr. Junger was embedded with built and named [...]

Here we are, a week into July and I haven’t written anything lately. It’s not that there isn’t anything to write about, more like I’ve been busy with this and that. Jack and I had company for the weekend; my sister Peggy and her husband Todd came down Friday, July 2 and stayed through Monday, [...]