Holy cow. I’ve skipped as couple of weeks again and we are all the way to the letter “W” now. I think perhaps I will take the time to pre-write some of the entries so that I don’t miss another week!
Anyhow, this week “W” is for Wisteria. A few years back I planted this bad boy at the base of my porch and it took a couple of years before it did anything but last year and then this it has really taken off. I have as yet to get any blooms but I am starting to train it outwards as a canopy with wire and I have no doubt that I will get flowers next spring or perhaps the year after.
I mentioned earlier that I would get this up today, so here it is…
This Weeks Hero Was Suggested by Mary Ann
Staff Sgt. Jude Voss
1st Battalion, 3d Special Forces Group (Airborne)
His courage illustrates a combat truth to these veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam: Soldiers aren’t thinking about glory or ideals in the midst of a battle. They fight for the men to the left and right of them.
And that’s just what SSgt. Jude Voss did in September of 2006 when, without consideration to his safety, SSgt. Voss ran through enemy fire and the burning, smoking debris of a truck to rescue Sgt. 1st Class Greg Stube. Sgt. Stube was in a bad way. Uniform burning and legs busted, but because of the actions of SSgt. Voss he is alive today.
Because of his actions that day, SSgt. Voss was nominated for and received the Silver Star Medal for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action. “I did what everybody out there would do” Voss said. “I was just the closest guy.”
You can read SSgt. Voss’s story here.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We’re In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don’t Know Where To Look This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.
Apparently the government has denied U.K. performer and DJ Boy George a visa to enter the United States. Immigration is reporting that they denied the visa because George is facing trial in November in London on charges of false imprisonment from back in April of 2007.
Back in August of 2007 he spent five days cleaning up the streets of Manhattan in order to fulfill his community service for falsely reporting a break-in at his New York home.
Seems kind of stupid to me. It’s not as if he’s going to hide a bomb up his ass or something, although as someone that likes to whitewash the back 40 I guess you never know…
This is actually LAST Wednesday’s post that I never got online. No better time than the present, huh? Today’s post will be up later this afternoon.
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Capt. Jamie Riddle(Left) and an Iraqi Flight Instructor School student walk to the flightline before a recent mission at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. The Iraqi air force recently established the school for Iraqi pilots. Captain Riddle is an instructor pilot with the 52nd Flying Training Squadron
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We’re In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don’t Know Where To Look This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.
