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Feb 21, 2025: A Galaxy of a Problem There were times, some of them quite comical though serious, that happened during my tenure in the military. Point in case, the day we had an …
Feb 20, 2025: Accidental Fatalities One of the hardest things about being in the military was dealing with loss. And I don’t mean the sporting kind, I mean, the loss of life. And while …
Feb 20, 2025: Lampshades Sharing my third submission for #TheCompoChallenge. This one an art installation on the rue Cartier here in Quebec City, last summer.
Feb 19, 2025: Doorway This is my second submission for Hiro’s #TheCompoChallenge
Feb 18, 2025: Out on the Range One of the highlights of being stationed in Germany, on a front line base, was that during a major exercise we were issued with fake guns. Yes, fake …
Feb 18, 2025: Sculptured Snow First submission to the #TheCompoChallenge. Don’t forget to check out the hashtag over on Mastodon to see everyone’s posts!
Feb 17, 2025: Card Sharks Following on from my post about my introduction to shift work, the reason most of us survived and, quite possibly flourished on night shifts, was …
Feb 15, 2025: Get A Move On In the military there is no such thing as weekends off. As I have said, you are, to put it bluntly, on call 24/7. And in my line of work, trained as …
Feb 14, 2025: Gas Attack, Gas Attack I’m writing this because an online friend asked whether or not, as part of my military training, I had to go through the “gas tent”. The answer is: …
Feb 13, 2025: Sporting Chance I was never thought of as being a sporty type by build alone and, in fact, was probably in that group picked last for any sporting event based on …
Feb 12, 2025: The 24/7 Life Even though I had a vague understanding that I might be asked to work at any and all hours of the day and night, while in the military, it wasn’t …
Feb 11, 2025: A Leap of Faith Within weeks of arriving at my first military posting in the UK after I had completed my Basic Training, I was being encouraged to sign up for, well, …
Feb 10, 2025: Taking the Plunge I didn’t join the military thinking I’d have a life of adventure but, as it turned out, adventure found me anyway. I was too young to sign up for …
Feb 8, 2025: My Dad Kicked Bombs For A Living As a child growing up I use to tell friends, “… my dad kicks bombs for a living.” when asked the inevitable stupid question, ‘what does your dad do …
Feb 7, 2025: My Mother The Runaway My mother, by all accounts, had quite the life, especially in her younger years. Though some of what I know I only know from stories my sister told me …
Feb 2, 2025: Life After Death Or, surviving the loss of my parents. Surviving a loved one’s death can only be personal and subjective. We all react differently, we all perceive …
Feb 1, 2025: You've Got Mail I was reading Veronique’s post recently, Just A Small Town Girl, and smiled at her lovely doodles. But there was one that caught my eye and then, …
Feb 1, 2025: “The day paradise put up a parking lot …”