Red Dragon, Purple Heart
PFC Willie Kenneth Jeffries Red Dragon, Purple Heart by A.C. Townsend December 03, 1943 – Vicinity of Caspoli – Company “A” continued second hour of preparatory fire for special service troops from 0001 to 0100. Firing seventy two (72) rds WP and fifty six (56) rds HE on the Mt. Difensa area. No further support […]
Vintage Stories
Vintage Stories I’m not a collector of specific things. There may be an exception or two. I add a new snowman figure to my Christmas display every year. I have more books than shelves on which to place them. Cats have infiltrated the scheme of every room in my home. My décor attests to […]
Welcome, Autumn!
Welcome, Autumn! Thank you for pausing along your journey each year to remind us that age and brevity and change and rest are beautiful. That life is a series of seasons, each with its own blessings and burdens and lingering lessons. That endings are beginnings in momentary disguise. We enjoy your time of ginger, cinnamon, […]
Contemplating Mother’s Day
While perusing Facebook this week, I’ve read many messages by friends honoring their moms in observation of Mother’s Day. A mother’s boundless love is a beautiful, indescribable blessing. Mother’s Day was intended to be a special day on which individuals would spend time with their moms, enjoying their company and telling them how much they […]
Waypoints and Wake-Up Calls
You’re Not Too Old. It’s Not Too Late. My earliest memory of storytelling involves an adult taking me aside at a family gathering to discuss an amazing experience I had shared with my grandmother. The incident had something to do with a huge jet that flew so low it almost scraped the ground behind my […]