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Praise and Thanksgiving
O BE joyful in the LORD, all ye lands: * serve the LORD with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. Be ye sure that the LORD he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; * we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. O…
Remembering When the Sky Turned Black – 11 September 2001
I remember, a sky so blue it burned your eyes to look up . . .and smoke that scarred your lungs; I remember shipmates . . . and a piece of notebook paper listing for whom the bell had tolled; We remember that for one brief moment it wasn’t New Yorkers, or Washingtonians, or businessmen…
A Christmas Homily: 2011
2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall…
Reflections: Smuggler’s Blues (I)
It began with a phone call – “It always begins with a damn phone call…†the young LT thought morosely to himself. Any other time he would be drinking in the warmth of the Florida sun, enjoying the beach, such as it was, across the highway from Patrick AFB, but not this time.
“Can You Hear The Thunder?”
Next year, this time, is the 45th anniversary of an icon — the Ford Mustang. Most folks ’round these parts know of YHS’ particular fondness for the breed going back to his misspent youth and first encounter w/a ’67 variety and affection for the ’07 version presently in our stables. In celebration of the upcoming…
Reflections: Smuggler’s Blues (II)
Part I here. “Yeah, should be a good night for hunting – wonder what we’ll bag tonight…†he thought as he walked out to the waiting Hawkeye with the Skipper. “Omaha 51, check right one o’clock, 4 miles, heading 280, angels 3…†“51, negative contact†Damn he thought, Is this guy blind or what?

