Aug

12

Christmas in…August?

August 12, 2007 | 1 Comment

My neighbor has Christmas decorations on her front lawn and Christmas lights hanging from her house. We could see the lights last night and had to wonder what was going on and then we realized - her son is headed back to Iraq. He won’t be home for Christmas so his family is celebrating now [...]

Apr

20

In Memoriam

April 20, 2007 | 1 Comment

Today is a Day of Mourning for the VA Tech victims. My prayers go out to the families of those that lost their lives so senselessly. We, as a nation, need to fix this problem - this form of terrorism that happens all too often on our own soil. The War on Terror should be [...]

Nov

8

One Down, One to Go

November 8, 2006 | 1 Comment

The turnout was huge yesterday and the results were even bigger. The Democrats easily won control of the House and are within one hotly contested seat of winning control of the Senate too. Woohoo!!
In my home state, Vermont continued its long standing history of independent thinkers and voters. We put an Independent in the Senate [...]

Sep

16

Outcome

September 16, 2006 | 5 Comments

It’s over.
They found him. The way I thought they would. Dead in the woods not far from where he dumped his truck. There’s relief, guilt for the relief at the death of another human being and sadness. For all of them.
Sadness for the woman that was killed. Sadness for the way he ended their lives. [...]

Sep

14

Scared

September 14, 2006 | 4 Comments

Update: Granville Man Sought for Wife’s Murder
Woman Found Dead; Manhunt for Husband
So imagine how it would feel to be at work, 30 miles away from your home and you get a phone call from your babysitter.
“There are police at the NY/VT border and they’re pulling everyone over and searching their cars. They have high [...]

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