Celebrating Our Differences
December 15, 2007 Hello, Everyone, once again. It is me, Captain Carter with another exciting tale of beautiful, exotic and cold Afghanistan. Shall I begin? Well, we were supposed to move to our new FOB on Monday. We packed all our gear on Sunday. Well, Monday morning came…
Columnist Linda Isbell and her husband, Terry work magic in their city yard. Always warm and welcoming, their outside springs with joy and color. Garden Spices caught this beauty blooming! with a hint of flirtation our fragrant dresses splendid in white posture for the wind with a…
Hello everyone! I hope this e-mail finds you all well. As you can tell, I am back from my 15-day leave and it is business as usual here. Just because I was not here does not mean the war takes a vacation (I wish it did). Shall I…
Hello, my name is Sam Cowan and yes, I did it, but there are a lot of reasons why I did what I did. Here’s the story: The two most powerful people in the world were MEGA and D00M. MEGA was the strongest woman in the world, not…
November 2, 2007 Well hello once again to everyone! Captain Jason Carter coming to you again from beautiful and exotic Afghanistan, where the sunny days are as blue as the Burkas the women wear. Let’s get started, shall we? Well OK, this week has been pretty much the…
October 27, 2007 Hello once again, everyone! This is Captain Carter coming to you live from Gardez, Afghanistan. Sitting at 7800 feet above sea level, this is my base camp. Well, not much has happened since last week. We are still grounded but are fixing to be able…
I asked Pepe Villegas to share his artwork dedicated to Puerto Rico, since the ravaging of this American island by hurricane Maria. This work needs no text; it reveals the pain of Maria, yet Puerto Rico emerging.-Victorine Please send donations to Puerto Rico Recovery Fund – Pepe…
The ocean is a flapping endless salty fabric that sounds majestically in tune with its infinite purpose to remind me that all of life could easily be enveloped and silenced in one swipe. And yet the seagull’s squawk is allowed to dart in and out of its roar…
“Today out of the blue my fingers were itching to write, I didn’t know what and then this came out. The Old Lady was back with her conversations with the Young Girl. I said to my mom, “I thought the Old Woman had gone away for good.” My…
Afghanistan, September 28, 2007 Hello everyone! Once again time for the Adventures of Captain Jason Carter here in beautiful (but getting colder) Afghanistan!!! Let me get to my story. Ok, so this week, I did not go with my team to the border. Instead, I made a 4…