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Snow on the Mountains

reflects the sunlight so brightly this morning that automatic settings on my camera can’t take a picture with depth. The snow amounts are still less than 50% of what should be expected at this time of year. But the towering … Continue reading

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SuperBowl Monday

Yes, the title is deliberate. In Europe, which obviously extends to here in Afghanistan, the Superbowl (Professional American Football Championship Game) happens on Monday. Time Zones, my friends, time zones. The European based military tradition is that Monday morning till … Continue reading

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Barriers

When I see the word barriers – it can mean many things from obstacles in the way of accomplishing tasks to laws preventing equitable access to just plain large and heavy physical objects blocking ones path. What I noticed today … Continue reading

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Counting Down

In the middle of the night I had what just might have been a brilliant thought. Why do I need to back to Ft Benning on my way to Europe? We have others who are skipping that small detour. I … Continue reading

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Power

As in current, electricity – not lifting or military might. It is amazing how power dependant we have become. A good friend, Pat who has been working emergency response issues as a librarian, and I discussed this a couple of … Continue reading

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Laundry

Another one of those “blinding flash of the obvious” items in a deployment setting is laundry. No one has their own home – or washers and dryers. Certainly, it would be close to insane to set up enough launderettes to … Continue reading

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