Author: Garnetjewel
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If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?-Writing Prompt
Seeing that right now Bryan and I are half a country away there is a simple couple of answers. He’s willing and wants to be wherever I am, which is Southern Indiana. If the Lord blesses us in time. I want to spend time with him where he grew up in New England. Our Children,…
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The Winnowing
It’s a bit disheartening and yet it was bound to happen. Senator Tim Scott has now stepped down from running for President. There is no better message to freak out the Progressive Left than for this man to have been in the running for the Oval Office. The story this Senator has is amazing and…
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The Day After Veterans Day
Veterans Day may be over, but our servicemen and women live with the memories and the pain every day. The cards I received from Uncle Tom all those years ago brought back my own memories. The men I have had the honor to interview their stories are in my head the context in which our…
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What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever found (and kept)?-Writing Prompt
After Grandpa Freddy died we spent time going through the house little by little. I don’t know how long it took after his death or when we started really looking at what was around us. One day I started looking outside on the carport. Wow… I wish we had been more observant about what had…
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Uncle Tom in Germany
“As soon as I got to the states they said everybody’s orders have been flagged. So you go home and about 2 weeks later almost time up for my leave time and I had received a package with my new orders. They sent me to Fort Riley Kansas which was still close to home and…
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What part of your routine do you always try to skip if you can?-Writing Prompt
Sometimes it’s helpful to skip my time watching you-tube news videos. Although, I do hate to because sometimes they help to focus or hone my ideas for the day. That is if some are not already formed for other specific ideas. Trying to figure out how much time to spend on that is difficult at…
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Uncle Tom’s Last Night in Vietnam
“Well enough of Vietnam I left Vietnam-well I have one more to tell about Vietnam. My last night in country very last night in country I was on radio watch I was communications chief they had me as (tactical communications chief) and I had 3 radios to watch. I had… our troops radio, our squadron…
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Cards Given with Love
Besides interviewing I also sent out some cards for Veterans Day. I have even gotten a ‘Thank You’ from a cousin who served in the Marine Corps who actually typed out a 3-4 page letter. I haven’t done any of this to receive compliments or even a ‘Thank You’ it has been a blessing just…
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Today is Veterans Day!
Earlier I watched an interview with Gary Sinise. The movie Forrest Gump is a rated R movie so my parents had the movie, but they kept it up out of our hands. This movie has always been an emotional, thought-provoking and poignant, American classic. Tom Hanks was initially my favorite actor of the movie through…
Jewells of Thought 