I sometimes don't always look forward to Mondays...but for the next ten weeks, Monday is one of my favorite days. Why? Monday is Writing Group day at the VA. As terrible as this sounds, come hell or high water, I was going to participate in facilitating that group (you may remember I had some trouble with a little thing called an ID badge … [Read more...]
I Missed World Poetry Day…
Apparently, Tuesday was World Poetry Day 2017. Somehow I missed that. In honor of that day, let me share a few poems with you. These poems are not my own, but they are some of the works of Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, Brian Turner, and Jehanne Dubrow (who has a sixth book of poetry that will be published by Southern Illinois University … [Read more...]
10 Things a Combat Veteran Wants You to Know
Today's post comes from http://www.military.com/, in a feature that was ran in 2012. Dated? A little. Important? I think so. So many combat veterans struggle with the reintegration into the civilian world after a life changing experience like deployment. At times it seems that only listening is key--and sometimes the combat veteran wants to … [Read more...]