sun peeking over an earthlike planet

Fifty Suns

People like to think in terms of “years-old”, and other folks contend we should be thinking in “years-young.” I have discarded years altogether. It’s just journeys around the sun on the best spaceship we have ever known: our own blue miracle, Planet Earth. I’ve recently completed my 50th trek. I’ve had a few people innocently

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Thoughts for MLK Day

I certainly am not a civil rights expert, nor am I well read on the writings of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. However, a certain energy inspired me today and I ended up writing a few thoughts in my journal about today. Let me share: I suspect my ancestors intentionally boarded a boat, some

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Random Marine Corps Marathon

The Tactical Journey I moved to Virginia in October, 2008, to work in Rosslyn. This was my initiation to the Marine Corps Marathon as I watched all the signage go up.  The “Family Link-Up” and letters of the alphabet would line the building where I worked.  From then on, I would count the number of

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