When the Smoke Clears

Being maudlin is not my style, but it happens once in a while. This year is finally slipping away. Thank goodness. It’s been a massive year of transitions, and I’ve failed to post as often as I would like. Writing is cathartic. Perhaps part of the reason things went so crazy is that lack of [...]

Bought a Kindle many months ago. Use it all the time. 5 books read in the last 3 days now that I have a few days off.*
* Kindle goes tits up.
* On hold for Tech support: 42 seconds.
* Went through various tests, talked with Nick, an outstanding, professional person: 2 minutes.
* Nick apologizes. Says I’m [...]

I’m back in it for the holidays.

No idea where I am headed afterwards, and even if I knew, if I told you, I’d probably have to kill you. And while my readership is down, there’s still an awful lot of driving involved with that along with additional paperwork.

Alright, I have a TV in my room. I’ve turned it on.
I understand why I don’t have TV at the cabin.
Every crap-product that couldn’t survive in a normal store because any potential customer would be able to touch it for some reason has to have a “but wait, there’s more… order now and [...]

Storms at the cabin soothe. They shouldn’t. With so many trees so close in, the clacking and clattering combined with the power of weather beating against the windows should encourage caution.
Out here in the desert, the skies darkened yesterday evening for the first time since I’ve been here. Change came barreling over the mountain [...]

So lots has happened.
Back to work to say goodbye for now. Then back in uniform. I’m activated like my good friend… only I am turning into a little education machine. Learn, LT, learn, and learn some more.
Through several mix-ups in a computer system (and a little firm talking-to from a Lieutenant Colonel who [...]