I guess that's why they call it the blues...
My year of playing Penelope
booklover555
- Location
- Savannah, Georgia, United States
- Birthday
- December 05
- Title
- high school English teacher
- Bio
- I'm a 30-something native midwesterner who's lived in the south for most of my adulthood. Currently I live in Savannah, Georgia, and teach high school English at a public school near a large military installation. My boyfriend, an Army officer, is currently deployed to Iraq. This blog is my journal about my experiences during his time away.
MY RECENT POSTS
- GI Joey was only 21 when he
died in Afghanistan
July 11, 2010 04:52PM - I know what it means to miss
New Orleans
February 07, 2010 03:49PM - It will be a Happy Veterans'
Day when my veteran comes home
November 14, 2009 01:10PM - Ft Hood shooting: I'm
surprised it doesn't happen
more often
November 05, 2009 07:41PM - My boyfriend, a liberal in the
US Army
October 31, 2009 09:15PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “hey Al, that's very easy
for you to say, but are you
not
aware of the economic
tu…”
July 11, 2010 05:48PM - “Yes, I agree.
I
feel really protective about
these young enlisted
soldiers
because…”
July 11, 2010 05:38PM - “I find it telling that
some commenters read your
choice of
relationship style
as…”
January 01, 2010 07:34PM - “Excellent post. You said
what I and many teachers I
know
across the country
feel…”
November 23, 2009 11:15AM - “Thank you for telling
this story. New Orleans was my
home for
6 years (I moved
b…”
November 14, 2009 02:07PM
Booklover555's Links
I can only imagine the stress of being a mental health professional in the Army, as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, the purported Ft. Hood shooter, was. We want to pretend that these wars we are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are easier somehow, simply by virtue of being more technologically ad… Read full post »
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