veterans

The Joy of Catching a Fish

April 12, 2012 Fly Fishing

The local fly fishing group and Project Healing Waters has a regular schedule to go fishing at one of the county parks. It’s a pond on a children’s farm, and fishing is usually not allowed, but there are exceptions like for the kids and the Veterans group. Because the pond is not regularly fished, it [...]

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Shall we gather at the river?

February 16, 2012 Notes to Readers

When we help others, we sometimes help ourselves. For more information about Project Healing Waters, visit their web site. See you on the highway. Brent The Back Story There is more to this personal essay, and it’s how it came about. I reviewed a documentary film last year called the Welcome, and I was haunted [...]

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Veterans Day 2011

November 11, 2011 Notes to Readers

Proud to have served. See you on the highway. Brent

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Review: “The Welcome” will move you to tears

June 14, 2011 Review

I discovered the documentary film, The Welcome, in a regular e-Letter mailing from Poets & Writers magazine, of all places. What does a poetry magazine have to do with veterans? The answer came quickly. The title, Veteran Poetry, caught my eye and the movie trailer that accompanied the article’s description really grabbed my interest. I [...]

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A special place in our hearts for Veterans

June 13, 2011 Notes to Readers

Lately, I have been bombarded from all sides with stories and issues for and about our veterans. Have you ever had one of those experiences where something just keeps coming up and you wonder why? Like God keeps kicking you in the butt, and you keep turning around to see what it was? And, you [...]

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Honoring soldiers on Memorial Day

May 30, 2011 Destination

The first known observance of Memorial Day was in 1865 in Charleston, South Carolina. Originally known as Decoration Day, it became better known as Memorial Day, but did not become a national holiday until 1967 by an act of Congress, and then officially as one of the four three-day national holiday weekends in 1968. Traditionally, [...]

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