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The Bottle
That cold night, as I made my way through the backyard hedge-row separating my father’s home from his neighbour’s, I wondered what I would say. My wife had urged me to pay a final visit to Ed because, after all, he was my father’s best friend. But I was exhausted and emotionally spent after the…
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Afghanistan Mediations – Part 5: Coda
So many others had done so much more while suffering and sacrificing in ways the uninitiated would find difficult to comprehend, believe, or fully appreciate. I offer two examples from the countless many:
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When Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin looked out in awe across the lunar landscape, he offered a two-word, visceral, description: “magnificent desolation”. As I flew over southwestern Afghanistan on a cloudless day, I understood his sentiment perfectly. Fifty-thousand square miles of red sand and dirt were laid out before me in a single, breathtakingly beautiful,…
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Afghanistan Mediations – Part 3
“Don’t you just get bored out of your skull up there all that time?” a young Flight Surgeon asked during my post-flight physical after a particularly grueling mission over Kablamistan.
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Afghanistan Mediations – Part 2
Rising in the predawn darkness of Sept 11th, 2001, I tried not to wake my wife. I showered with the bathroom door shut and didn’t turn on the sink-top radio as was my habit. Exiting, I left the door open a crack to dress in the minimal light it provided. Gathering my things, I kissed…
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