Meandering Musings

I have friends here in Georgia who crave acres and acres of land. They like living in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by lush grass and tall pines. They savor…

Thursday, I sat in the Atlanta Municipal Court room where Brian Nichols, the Fulton County Courthouse shooter, is being sentenced for the murders of four people. The jury must decide…

So, I didn't write for many months after I created this blog. I went off to Iraq and when I returned, I could not navigate through some technical difficulties, and…

In the past few days, I have spoken with fathers and the mothers destroyed by this war. Their children came home in flag-draped coffins that photographers are not allowed to shoot.I…

A platoon sergeant wrote that on my helmet band when I was with his unit in Baghdad in 2006.It stuck.He wrote it most affectionately, of course, but it correctly represents…