This is going to be a big week at the Hoekstra Homestead. On Saturday we will be celebrating Thanksgiving with some of our family and friends. Our home will be full of food and people...and I'm not quite prepared for all of that yet. The holidays are coming. Fast. We can't stop them, we can ignore them, push them off on the back burner, and just … [Read more...]
Deployed to America
I like to read other blogs. Every so often there are some that just strike me as beautiful--the way the words flow or the way the story is presented. I like to read magazines and journals--something that might seem "too academic" or "stuffy" to some people, but the other day there was something that was shared with me that just really hit me. In … [Read more...]
It’s Part of an IED…
There’s this big chunk of a bomb shell on my counter. I hate it. It is part of an IED. What is an IED? An improvised explosive device is a bomb that is constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. Ther decices can be constructed in many ways, attached to a detonator, part of a roadside bomb, and heavily … [Read more...]
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