Lone Star Parson

No, not the movie featuring Simon & Gurfunkle but my eldest boy's graduation from Basic at Fort Benning on Thursday. And I won...

Some things you take for granted, like walking the dog to the nearest Pick 'n Steal, then boom , disaster falls, you've got thr...

Far-sighted readers of this inconsequential mind-blog might recall that my eldest boy walked away from a life of Canadian basements and...

Finally got a letter from the kid, who's cleverly found himself part of an Armored Brigade at Fort Benning. Such is Basic Training,...

Joining the US Army's quite a process. It took my eldest son, the Recruit, four months and I have to hand it to the recruiters, the...

I know, it's been a protracted deal and you've probably had enough. But hey, whoever said it'd be easy. That in mind, the e...

Keen-eyed readers of this deep thinking mind blog will know that my eldest son, popularly known as "the Cadet", made the smar...