I’ve been watching this for a couple of days now. The forecasters first didn’t think that this low would develop. Over the last day or so, it did. Hurricane Season started on June 1, so eleven days into it we have our first depression. I’ve been very impressed with the National Hurricane Center RSS feed.They…
Perfect Nightmare
I picked up Perfect Nightmare,  by John Saul, while I was in Talafar. Thursday, I went through the library and looked at book after book. Some, I may have found interesting. But I wanted something fresh. I also wanted something at little scary and suspenceful. Those books were there..somewhere, but they weren’t jumping out at me. …
How Does It Feel?
I woke up rather late with some Avril Lavigne in my head.    I spend the night on a CH-47 from FOB Sykes to FOB Speicher (and everywhere in between). I got to bed about 0600 and woke up at 1400. I didn’t set my alarm because I thought I would naturally wake up at noon. When I finally…
The Musical Mantis
You may be wondering where the name “Musical Mantis” comes from. This is my “Indian Name” that I received as a Junior Counselor and then Counselor and Camp Ridgecrest in 1987. As the story goes, every staffer receives an “Indian name” in which they earn during the first several weeks at camp. If the “Little…