Posted by admin on May 4, 2012 in
Books,
Musings I recently finished reading Gregg Jones’ new book, Honor in the Dust, Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines and the Rise and Fall of America’s Imperial Dream (New American Library, 427 pages). Amply footnoted and bibliographied, this book is a great read if you are interested in the history of American involvement in the Spanish-American [...]
Tags: Afghanistan War, American history, books, Emilio Aguinaldo, Gregg Jones, Iraq War, Philipines, Smedley Butler, Theodore Roosevelt, Vietnam War
Posted by admin on July 1, 2011 in
Musings Today I went into the local VA Medical Center to have a precancerous growth hacked off my face. Waiting for the scalpel-wielding physician’s assistant to call me in, I sat and watched a parade of veterans move back and forth down the aisles. The VA here in Boise serves a population of over ninety-four thousand [...]
Tags: Agent Orange, biker, Boise, cancer, Clara Barton, diabetes, Florence Nightingale, Korean War, Purple Heart, shrapnel, Veterans Administration, Vietnam War, Walt Whitman, WWII
Posted by admin on March 4, 2011 in
Musings It’s often just enough to be with someone. I don’t need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You’re not alone. Marilyn Monroe Betty ventured off this week on a photography trip and left me behind to toil over movie scripts. I could have gone along if I wished, [...]
Tags: Alone, death, documentary scripts, Existentialsim, fear, ghosts, home., insanity, making documentary movies, Marilyn Monroe, photography, survival strategies, trip, Vietnam War
