Having the ‘craic’ 

Like most people I enjoy the company & loving embrace of my family and the times spent with my closest and dearest friends. The Irish have a specific word for what I'm talking about here and that word is ‘craic’, pronounced simply as ‘crack’.  It means simply having fun enjoying each others company. The pronunciation and the …

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Is Truth Stranger Than Fiction?

      Payday weekend always seems to take on a wild west type atmosphere around the base.  Most Marines living on base are in their prime, fit and ready both physically and mentally.  Trained to be ready.. always prepared to engage any target...not to question the who, what or the why.   That is …

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A New Sense

It's no secret that my hearing is shot to hell lately.. with the help of hearing aids I can get most of what people are saying but I'm sure a lot goes by that I miss. I've often heard that when someone losses one of their five senses the others sharpen...some report to almost to …

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