My thoughts and observations of what is and what should be
It's a cool, clear, crisp autumn morning and I temporarily lose the ability to discern depth by gazing deeper and deeper into the vastness of blue above me. In the background, I am listening to a loop of various renditions of our National Anthem. This version has become one of my personal favorites. Sometimes I sing the words, sometimes I hum a bit, and sometimes the emotion just makes my voice Continue Reading...
Originally posted in 2012. Happy Flag Day! Continue Reading...
From last year, but still very much on my mind. Continue Reading...
Happy Memorial Day! (Reblogged from last year) Continue Reading...
Sing the Anthem! Sing it to yourself. Sing it together. Sing it to your kids. Our National Anthem is on my mind. It often is. I can always count on Chicago to take The Star Spangled Banner to another level, and they did it for Boston again last night. They get it. They always get it, just watch. Desert Storm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvpxVE_kQXg 9/11 Tribute Continue Reading...
I am thankful for our history, U.S. History. I enjoy reading about it, and learning more about our history. Much more than we were ever taught in school. More importantly, I am thankful for the repeated examples of individuals who showed tremendous character, determination, and integrity throughout our history. Even with today's speed of life, scenarios involving technological advances, political Continue Reading...
I am thankful for freedom. This is New Hampshire, the state motto is, "Live Free or Die." Taking the motto a step further, it was originally written as, "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst of Evils." I don't know about the rest of New Hampshire, but I take freedom pretty seriously. Freedom, meaning by one definition, "The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance Continue Reading...
I'm thankful I was born in the greatest country in the world, the United States of America. I could have been born anywhere, but it was here in the U.S. where I was born. The land of opportunity. The country that people from around the world have flocked to. There are freedoms here, freedoms that have been fought for, freedom isn't cheap, and it shouldn't be taken for granted either. I know we are Continue Reading...
I am re-blogging this piece in remembrance of 9/11/01. I have added only this paragraph and have deleted nothing. Just the same sentiments in remembrance. The crisp, clear, clean, cool morning this morning reminds me very much of that fateful morning 11 years ago. 11 years ago today, heroes weren't born, but rather emerged, as heroism was in so many who, through events beyond their control, were Continue Reading...
When I woke up this morning the first thing on my mind was June 6, 1944. I thought about what the troops must have been feeling as their turn came to storm those French beaches. That was just a part of it. Think about the hysteria that existed in places all over the globe as a result of Hitler's regime. Families and people everywhere fled from Europe in the event that Hitler prevailed. Then U.S. Continue Reading...