Yes, yes, three posts in one day is obscene and creates a standard I most certainly can not and will not live up to. But enjoy it while it lasts. The lack of sleep tends toward either of two extremes, excessive joy, or the grouch. Today, the lack of sleep has led to the former.
It’s [...]
Archive for December, 2006
i will rejoice and be glad in it
Posted in religious on December 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
of one
Posted in poetry on December 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I knew this girl
..Her smile
Her laugh
Her song
..She fell
I knew this girl
..Oh pride
Damn pride
Beautiful pride
..I fell
I knew this girl
..I knew this girl
I knew this girl
I knew this girl
..This girl is gone
definitive statements are dumb
Posted in rants on December 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I had one of those unfortunate reality slaps. One of the ‘oh, I’m an idiot’ moments. A group of us were driving back to base and I made one of my ridiculous blanket statements. Of course it lacked merit. Of course it lacked backing. Of course it represented only my opinion. Of course it [...]
a kentucky sort of day
Posted in life, the military experience on December 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes out of nowhere a blessing sneaks up on you like a storm stalking you from the western skies. Today’s blessing just so happened to be a storm. A cold rain. Overcast skies. A Kentucky winter day. It was a taste of home. The bleakness of gray skies brings a peace and comfort only matched [...]
a poem out of season
Posted in poetry on December 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Raindrop
Beloved raindrop fresh and fair
Perfuming this sad dry air
Bringing life and making green
All you see fit to wash clean
Do you recall from whence you came
The rushing flood, the hand of Cain
High and higher your power swept
Catching the tears Noah wept
Or do you remember God’s good grace
A rainbow’s thought upon your face
The mighty choir in which [...]
heritage and the professional militia
Posted in politics, rants, the military experience on December 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Two weeks have past. A new post is past due.
I have several thoughts I plan on expounding upon soon. But first, I would like to begin a series I’m going to call ‘Hard Truths’. In fact, as we are all learning, other then The Truth, everything else tends to be well though out opinions and [...]
