I recently turned 45 , but when I got to work I got a few hugs from the kitchen. Let me tell you that at 45, the best gifts are hugs . Way better than that dr visit with the glove and the fingers (plural)
Drug trends are cyclical. Let us never forget the devastation of the 2000s jenkem epidemic. The lives left forever changed. The epidemic which tore through local newsrooms, police departments, and left thousands of parents forwarding one shocking email.
I’m going to start sharing stories that are not covered in “Blasting Through.” Here’s one: My first big range clearance was on Green Mountain in Denver. After we did the clearance, the area was developed in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. Ordnance is still popping up from the ground. The late CPT Frederick P. Smith, who became my friend, was in charge of the cleanup. Fred was killed in Vietnam. A few years back, the Army Corps of Engineers went back in for more cleanup. They didn't know about our cleanup in 1969, so I wrote an article about it, and they even came to our house to talk about it. Tomorrow, on Veterans’ Day, I’ll share the article.