Monthly Archives: March 2013

Drone “Pilots”

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 19

“Mary’s book has brought it back again – both the great parts and the hideous ones.  She was brave enough to hold nothing back.  I felt great, abiding tenderness for all the military brats when I read this book, and … Continue reading

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And, What Do I Think of ‘Obamacare?’

   

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Recovery – A Daily, or A Binge Drinker?

I am occasionally asked during my lectures if I was a ‘daily,’ or a ‘binge’ drinker.  I had never given it much thought – it just didn’t mean that much to me.  However, upon reflection I was able to nail … Continue reading

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Recovery – A 6-Pack of Borden’s Light…

Early on, in one of my counseling sessions, my counselor asked me what my ‘drug of choice’ was.  Bud Light.  She then asked me how much I typically drank, when I drank – and I told her. “Why do you … Continue reading

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 18

“There are no ceremonies to mark the end of our career as military brats either.  We simply walk out into our destinies, into the dead center of our lives, and try to make the most of it.  After my own … Continue reading

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 17

“When my mother left my father, she found, to her great distress, that she was leaving the protective embrace of the Corps that she’d served for more than thirty years.  She was shaken and disbelieving when a divorce court granted … Continue reading

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A Blood-curdling Scream in the Night…

We used to take the kids and camp on the Guadalupe River, just East of San Antonio.  We would head out there on a Friday afternoon, set up camp at Zip’s and just enjoy the weekend.  Often there were several … Continue reading

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 16

“I had already begun the first chapters of The Great Santini.  I wrote about a seventeen-year-old boy, a military brat who’d spent his whole life smiling and pretending that he was the happiest part of a perfect, indivisible American family.  … Continue reading

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 15

(I know this ‘thread’ is getting a bit ‘lengthy’ here, but I didn’t write the Introduction!  LOL). “In 1972, my book The Water is Wide came out when I was living in the Beaufort, South Carolina.  It was not the … Continue reading

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