Sgt. Mom
- Location
- San Antonio, Texas,
- Birthday
- February 21
- Bio
- Retired military, novelist and mother, sucker for animals and homebody
MY RECENT POSTS
- The Final Verdict
September 21, 2011 07:09PM - 3,650 Days
September 10, 2011 07:29PM - Still on Vacation: But Book
Stuff Warming Up
August 17, 2011 09:51AM - Vacation
August 07, 2011 06:37PM - Terrorism. Tea Party. Hobbits.
August 03, 2011 09:11AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I have gotten paying
work through blogging - not so
much on
OS, but through
other…”
February 15, 2012 12:53PM - “Enjoy - the historical
stuff is there, the political
stuff at
Chicago Boyz!”
October 22, 2011 03:09PM - “Eh ... I'm not gone,
Don, and Owl ... there are
places where
I'll be on the
inter…”
September 22, 2011 02:10PM - “Mary G - It was Karl May
- the German Zane Grey - who
wrote
all those German
Wes…”
September 16, 2011 03:07PM - “You're welcome, Miguela
... and P - whatever it is,
they will
cope. The
challenge…”
September 12, 2011 06:23PM
Sgt. Mom's Links
- The Best of Sgt Mom on OS
- Chicago Boyz
- Celia Hayes Book Blog
- Celia Hayes Amazon Author Page
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February 15, 2012 12:53PM
“I have gotten paying work through blogging - not so much on OS, but through other blogs. But as one of Sharyn McCrumb's characters observed, about beco…”
About: Jobless – are we all in denial?
“I have gotten paying work through blogging - not so much on OS, but through other blogs. But as one of Sharyn McCrumb's characters observed, about beco…”
About: Jobless – are we all in denial?
October 22, 2011 03:09PM
“Enjoy - the historical stuff is there, the political stuff at Chicago Boyz!”
About: The Final Verdict
“Enjoy - the historical stuff is there, the political stuff at Chicago Boyz!”
About: The Final Verdict
September 22, 2011 02:10PM
“Eh ... I'm not gone, Don, and Owl ... there are places where I'll be on the internet. Just follow the links! :-)”
About: The Final Verdict
“Eh ... I'm not gone, Don, and Owl ... there are places where I'll be on the internet. Just follow the links! :-)”
About: The Final Verdict
September 16, 2011 03:07PM
“Mary G - It was Karl May - the German Zane Grey - who wrote all those German Westerns, yet never got farther west in the US than a flying visit to Cin…”
About: The greatest children's book you'll never read
“Mary G - It was Karl May - the German Zane Grey - who wrote all those German Westerns, yet never got farther west in the US than a flying visit to Cin…”
About: The greatest children's book you'll never read
September 12, 2011 06:23PM
“You're welcome, Miguela ... and P - whatever it is, they will cope. The challenge will differ only in small details, and they will have to cope. As we…”
About: 3,650 Days
“You're welcome, Miguela ... and P - whatever it is, they will cope. The challenge will differ only in small details, and they will have to cope. As we…”
About: 3,650 Days
August 04, 2011 09:07AM
“Thank you, Miguela, Just Thinking, G. Hugh, Don Rich, and Bad Scot – you are indeed thinking, observing, and have grasped my point. Nanatahey &…”
About: Terrorism. Tea Party. Hobbits.
“Thank you, Miguela, Just Thinking, G. Hugh, Don Rich, and Bad Scot – you are indeed thinking, observing, and have grasped my point. Nanatahey &…”
About: Terrorism. Tea Party. Hobbits.
August 03, 2011 10:51AM
“Comment by Kenny deleted. I meant what I said.”
About: Terrorism. Tea Party. Hobbits.
“Comment by Kenny deleted. I meant what I said.”
About: Terrorism. Tea Party. Hobbits.
July 26, 2011 08:10PM
“Well - yeah, Token -- I've been in the indy-author thing for quite a while, as these things go. I used to follow a library site that tracked author's b…”
About: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...
“Well - yeah, Token -- I've been in the indy-author thing for quite a while, as these things go. I used to follow a library site that tracked author's b…”
About: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...
July 26, 2011 06:45PM
“Lovely thought, Token -- and when this book sells a bomb, I swear the chance to design the next one will go out to OSers ... I swear. But you see ... t…”
About: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...
“Lovely thought, Token -- and when this book sells a bomb, I swear the chance to design the next one will go out to OSers ... I swear. But you see ... t…”
About: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...
July 25, 2011 09:55AM
“I suspect -- especially in the case of Jared Loughner, the case of ABB being still out for consideration -- that the main influence was the voices in t…”
About: There's Something Happening Here
“I suspect -- especially in the case of Jared Loughner, the case of ABB being still out for consideration -- that the main influence was the voices in t…”
About: There's Something Happening Here
July 23, 2011 10:57PM
“Well, you do what you can with what tokens you have of your previous life, M. Sometimes the best that you can do is to hope that you or your ancestors…”
About: Military Rites, Rituals and Legends - Combat Shopping
“Well, you do what you can with what tokens you have of your previous life, M. Sometimes the best that you can do is to hope that you or your ancestors…”
About: Military Rites, Rituals and Legends - Combat Shopping
July 18, 2011 01:54PM
“Nope, not that hard. My way was plunking down the plate, with a nicely balanced meal upon it and saying "OK, that's dinner/supper. Eat what you li…”
About: [eeeeeeww] What's that green stuff?
“Nope, not that hard. My way was plunking down the plate, with a nicely balanced meal upon it and saying "OK, that's dinner/supper. Eat what you li…”
About: [eeeeeeww] What's that green stuff?
July 18, 2011 01:43PM
“Amen and amen. Start with those top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the last decade or so. That would be a good start.”
About: So much outrage, so little time
“Amen and amen. Start with those top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the last decade or so. That would be a good start.”
About: So much outrage, so little time
July 18, 2011 01:40PM
“The trouble with that apology, Cranky - is that as gracefully phrased as it was - for a lot of people, it came way too late and way too little, and wi…”
About: Not Fonda Hanoi Jane
“The trouble with that apology, Cranky - is that as gracefully phrased as it was - for a lot of people, it came way too late and way too little, and wi…”
About: Not Fonda Hanoi Jane
July 12, 2011 08:29AM
“Hey, go for it - my daughter has a couple of albums too - although she was assigned to Iwakuni, and so most of hers are cityscapes - but there was an i…”
About: Air Force Life - Road Trip in Japan
“Hey, go for it - my daughter has a couple of albums too - although she was assigned to Iwakuni, and so most of hers are cityscapes - but there was an i…”
About: Air Force Life - Road Trip in Japan
July 11, 2011 11:42AM
“I've done this too - looking for all the houses that we lived in as children (save the one that was taken by the freeway), the places where I lived ove…”
About: Back to the House at Pooh Corner
“I've done this too - looking for all the houses that we lived in as children (save the one that was taken by the freeway), the places where I lived ove…”
About: Back to the House at Pooh Corner
July 04, 2011 05:30PM
“Thanks, P and janie - I try and post the Declaration every 4th, on one blog or another. It used to be the custom in the 19th century to read the entire…”
About: The Declaration of Independence - The Same as it Ever Was
“Thanks, P and janie - I try and post the Declaration every 4th, on one blog or another. It used to be the custom in the 19th century to read the entire…”
About: The Declaration of Independence - The Same as it Ever Was
June 24, 2011 09:02PM
“For myself, I think the best way to cope with Afghanistan is to give it over as a playground for small special Special Forces for the next couple of de…”
About: Afghanistan and the Risks of War
“For myself, I think the best way to cope with Afghanistan is to give it over as a playground for small special Special Forces for the next couple of de…”
About: Afghanistan and the Risks of War
June 24, 2011 08:44PM
“Methinks that Kipling wrote the definitive words about Afghanistan, all these years ago, P.!”
About: Other Worlds, Other Times
“Methinks that Kipling wrote the definitive words about Afghanistan, all these years ago, P.!”
About: Other Worlds, Other Times
June 24, 2011 05:15PM
“Yes, it did sound wonderfully fascinating... there was another lost world, I forgot about until now: pictures of life in Kabul, Afghanistan, from the e…”
About: Other Worlds, Other Times
“Yes, it did sound wonderfully fascinating... there was another lost world, I forgot about until now: pictures of life in Kabul, Afghanistan, from the e…”
About: Other Worlds, Other Times
June 20, 2011 01:30PM
“I know, Miguela -- Fill in the thin places on the second edit, and reduce the bulges on the third! Let it all hang out in the first draft, just get it…”
About: Book Building Blocks
“I know, Miguela -- Fill in the thin places on the second edit, and reduce the bulges on the third! Let it all hang out in the first draft, just get it…”
About: Book Building Blocks
June 18, 2011 08:38AM
“I'm just shaking my head over it all, Trudge - it was comic and cruel of 'Amina' and 'Paula' to carry on so long with a fake persona, and to bamboozle…”
About: On the Internet Nobody Knows You Are a Dog
“I'm just shaking my head over it all, Trudge - it was comic and cruel of 'Amina' and 'Paula' to carry on so long with a fake persona, and to bamboozle…”
About: On the Internet Nobody Knows You Are a Dog
June 14, 2011 02:02PM
“Algis, maybe I'll do it later, as a stand-alone post - it's a terrific story. Don, they still do have their moments. I had another English friend, and s…”
About: The Grand Adventure
“Algis, maybe I'll do it later, as a stand-alone post - it's a terrific story. Don, they still do have their moments. I had another English friend, and s…”
About: The Grand Adventure
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