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The Letter W

Watermelon is my favorite summertime snack. The letter W painted for my children’s bennefit. They’re learning their letters and this was the letter of the week.


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This is what is right about America

Massachusetts National Guardsmen (L-R) Staff Sgt. Edward Cole, headquarters Company, 25th Maneuver Enhanced Brigade, Spc. William Vargas, 379th Engineer Company and Staff Sgt. Dominic Whitamore, 101st Engineer Battalion, help pass in some lumber for the carpenters to frame in walls for Staff Sgt. Michael Downing’s new home, Dec 11, 2009. Homes for our Troops and more than 240 volunteers are building the house for Downing who was severely wounded in Afghanistan in 2008.  (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs)
Massachusetts National Guardsmen (L-R) Staff Sgt. Edward Cole, headquarters Company, 25th Maneuver Enhanced Brigade, Spc. William Vargas, 379th Engineer Company and Staff Sgt. Dominic Whitamore, 101st Engineer Battalion, help pass in some lumber for the carpenters to frame in walls for Staff Sgt. Michael Downing’s new home, Dec 11, 2009. Homes for our Troops and more than 240 volunteers are building the house for Downing who was severely wounded in Afghanistan in 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs)

By Army Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs

MIDDLEBORO, Mass. – Nearly 100 Massachusetts National Guard members braved freezing temperatures to help one of their own at the construction site of his future home here, Dec. 11, 2009.

Staff Sgt. Michael Downing, who lost both his legs in an improvised explosive device attack in Afghanistan in 2008, was on hand to see the more than 240 volunteers as they helped out on the Homes for our Troops project.

Homes for our Troops is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to helping out service members who have returned home with severe injuries or disabilities since Sept 11, 2001, by providing no-cost housing to veterans.


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Mobile Blogging

Well isn’t technology grand?

I just set up my iPhone to directly access my blog. Maybe Now I’ll post a bit more.

I’ve attached a photo of my monitor to test the photo stuff.

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