Archive for November, 2009

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Can You Spot the IED? (part 2)

[you can read partĀ 1 here] THE NEXT DAY Knowing we had been spotted the previous day by the Little Green MenĀ & that our near perfect shut-out score was in jeopardy, the next day Maggie & I decided to take the long, long way around the woods. We’d walk down the dividing yet fair game road [...]

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Can You Spot the IED? (part 1)

[but first, the back story] Because Maggie’s so shy she’s highly in-tune with her surroundings – it’s almost autistic, really. She can spot the slightest difference from over 50 feet away. She’ll stop cold turkey, fully alert, ears-up, face wrinkled, chest puffed up & up on her tip-toes to look bigger…staring right in the direction [...]

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Eric Make Fire

The Firewood Fairy came on Friday. Bundles of wood for our wood-burning fireplace….a rarity in off-post living. At home buying a bundle of wood means it’s essentially shrink-wrapped in clear plastic & all the dust, dirt & splinters fall out from the ends when you go to pick it up. Here it’s a different story. [...]