21 Steps

A Deployed Christmas, Long Ago

12/23/2018

(Note: On December 23, 2000, I wrote the following little dispatch to friends and family back home from Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. What would be my third and final deployment to the region was, at the time, yet another Christmas spent away from loved ones, but, as I wrote at the time, I was honored to be there. As a side note, some of the terms and illustrations I used were less than entirely diplomatic. Then again, as a member of the Armed Forces, I wasn't exactly part of the

The Enduring Effects Of Service

12/16/2018

“Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.” — Sir William Wallace Last week, a very busy one in my new vocation in the world of retail, was but a mere prelude to the true madness that will soon descend as Christmas shoppers express their indebtedness to the Almighty by piling up their indebtedness to American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Chase, and anyone else who will help them sustain the unsustainable for just a little while longer. It’s true that often times, the fun in a celebration resides

Old Bones

08/10/2018

"I know it's just old bones over there, but those old bones are special to us," my Uncle BF observed from his favorite rocking chair. The family had gathered, as it has for the better part of a century, at our property in Pitkin, Louisiana. It's the place where my great great grandparents literally built the house with their own hands so many years earlier, and the place which every generation of our family has maintained and preserved ever since. Today, the house and the surrounding acreage is

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21 Steps

Dave Carter

A Deployed Christmas, Long Ago

The Enduring Effects Of Service

Old Bones