Category Archives: battles
Personal Growth
Do you garden at all? When I was in Colorado, I had a townhouse. It had a fair-sized yard, but the back was two-thirds deck and the rest was generally shady, which was great for the kids playing, but not great … Continue reading
Sacrifices, Deprivations, and Horrors
My Spotlight on Another WW2 Classic By Jeff Salter With The Old Breed [at Peleliu and Okinawa]By E.B. Sledge Some of you may recognize this author (& WW2 USMC veteran) as the Marine nicknamed Sledgehammer… as depicted in the HBO … Continue reading
Line in the Sand, or Footprints?
“What is the bravest/scariest thing you have ever done?” This is a hard one, as I thought of myself as a coward most of my life. However, I have come to realize that there are a few things that I … Continue reading
Sister, Staff, and Strong Drink
The past week or so has been a really busy, an unfortunately busy, one for me. I had to take The Sister, who is never really ill, to the hospital; I stayed up all night there with her, then they … Continue reading
Looking Back
THIS WEEK: At some point in your past, was there a year – or a significant period of time – that you consider your “favorite” time (or, at least, one of your favorites)? What was going on? I put … Continue reading
Easy As Pie
I wanted to talk about apologies. Do you have trouble making apologies?Had you ever had people around you who would not, or could not, apologize? I have had people in my life who found it very hard to apologize. They … Continue reading
Riveting Third Title
In a Fascinating Action Series Review by Jeff Salter Of William Alan Webb’s Standing at the Edge Vol. 3 of the Last Brigade Series Intro I first encountered Bill Webb on the pages of a WW2 magazine where he’d published … Continue reading
Angela Schroeder
Patricia Kiyono
Elaine Cantrell
Jeff Salter
Joselyn
Tonette Joyce
Four Foxes, One Hound 