My husband is a combat veteran. While risking his life to save others as a Pararescue man, he was exposed to agent orange while in Vietnam, and airborne toxins from burn pits in Kuwait during Desert Storm. Agent Orange exposure has been linked to long-term health effects …
Read MoreBetting on Valor
Both the GOP and Democrats actually have something in common when recruiting candidates for the 2022 mid-term elections: Military veterans. Republicans suffered losses at winning the House in 2020, and are taking a page out of the Democratic 2018 playbook in finding veterans to run …
Read MoreIt’s hard to say good-bye, so I’ll say, “Until we meet again.”
Two years ago, my husband and my family lost two wonderful, loving pets, Caspar and Lilly. But maybe “lost” isn’t the right word. I still feel their presence in our home, and in the places where they loved to run, romp, and swim. I have …
Read MoreThe Bridge of Sighs: A History Not So Romantic
My husband and I were lucky enough to travel to Italy in December of 2015, and of course, we had to see the eternal city of Venice with it’s Grand Canale, the Palazzo Ducale, the Basilica di San Marco and Cafe Florian, where such authors …
Read MoreTravel: Not Just Good for the Soul
I was fortunate to grow up in a household where my parents loved to travel. My father, especially, would get the “travel itch,” and announce things like, “let’s go to Ireland,” or, “I’d really like to see the Parthenon.” In 1971, I was nine years …
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