Archive for November, 2009

Learning

The children of Afghanistan are out of school right now. There is no holiday, no special occasion. The country is reacting to the scare of flu. For three weeks the schools will be closed.
Earlier I was walking from village to village. The cold has frozen the water on the ground into crystals among the [...]

Fort Hood

We know about it here. We are angry.
I have close family involved.
Prayers are needed.

ValorUpdate

Someone out there, let’s get these Army totals across the line. Can’t let the Marines beat us to it.
I’m in a class with 4 of the 5 services out here. The Marines here are, of course, keeping me in trouble. I was credited with saying something that it was really one of them. To [...]