Holidays
Facade, and Substance
Today is Memorial Day. Well, this is my Memorial Day article. It’s probably somewhat different than the norm. Maybe you’ll read it and think this is appropriate for today; maybe you’ll think I’m out to lunch. Or maybe you’ll think I might be both. Here goes anyway. . . . Jonn wrote an article some […]
I got all of you something, Now quit yer bitching.
Growing up we had an Angel that decorated the top of our Christmas tree. We were an Angel family, not a star one. As a matter of fact to this day when I see a star atop a tree I feel like something is wrong. But that’s a different story. Our Angel was dressed in […]
Christmas Dinner in Combat
A retired Special Forces NCO I served with back in the early sixties in the 101st Airborne, as infantry grunts, sent this poignant reminder of Christmas and New Year’s dinners of the past. Even if you weren’t deployed, a holiday dinner in the mess hall, served on a scarred metal tray, was nothing to write […]
Merry Christmas
I’ve got family visiting today, so please don’t expect much attention from me here, but I’m thinking of you and your families, nonetheless. Here are some Christmas offerings for you. The folks at We Are The Mighty send you this video about “How the Sergeant Major Stole Christmas” MCPO sends this Christmas message; Now go […]
I believe…
I believe in Father Christmas. A few years ago, I realized that if a man is lucky he will go through the three stages of Santa Claus. I have been fortunate in my life, I have hit each stage and am a better man for it. For those of you that don’t know what those […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was the only holiday that I could count on being some sort of day off while I was in the Army. For some reason I was always working, on duty, or in the field the rest of the year. Well, I said “some sort of day off” because I was always in the mess […]
What Veteran’s Day Means To Me
My favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird. Close to the end of the book, after Scout has walked Arthur (Boo) Radley home is this passage; “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them, just standing on the Radley […]
Mykel Hawke on Memorial Day
TV personality and TAH fan, Mykel Hawke, sent us a link to his speech that he gave in Sterling, Colorado the other day; Hawke said he has seen a lot of combat and lost many friends. “I try to take a lesson from their death in how to live my life,” he said. Every morning […]
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