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Member: OldSarge

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TagsMilitary History (461), Science Fiction (387), Biography (291), Fantasy (263), US History (182), WW2 (171), Sword and Sorcery (160), US Military (148), Horror Fiction (146), US Army (129) — see all tags

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Groups40-Something Library Thingers, 75 Books Challenge for 2009, American Revolution & Founding Fathers History, BBC Radio 3 Listeners, Booze!, Ghost and from beyond the graveyard, Ghost Stories, Past and Present, History Readers: Clio's (Pleasure?) Palace, History: On learning from and writing history, Libertarian Cooking — show all groups , Military History, Political Conservatives, Pro and Con, Science Fiction Fans, Second World War History, The Green Dragon, The Weird Tradition, Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night

Favorite authorsRick Atkinson, Nicholas A. Basbanes, Daniel P. Bolger, Max Boot, Bruce Chadwick, Raymond Chandler, C. J. Cherryh, G. K. Chesterton, Michael Dirda, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, David Drake, James F. Dunnigan, David Hackett Fischer, Peter F. Hamilton, Dashiell Hammett, Robin Hobb, Robert E. Howard, Tanya Huff, Paul Johnson, Robert D. Kaplan, H. P. Lovecraft, Dave R. Palmer, H. Beam Piper, John Ringo, David J. Skal, S. M. Stirling, Karl Edward Wagner, David Weber (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBook Garden

Other favoritesLaurita Winery, The Hurricane House

About meHome. By the water. Listening to the wind through the marsh grass and the seabirds call to each other. Watching the waves on the beach and bay. Here I find some measure of peace.

With the weather closing in for the season I am spending more time in the kitchen. Back to my old love of baking. May even go to school for it, to bring my skills up. It wouldn't be a bad way to make a living.

I scribble in my journal. I read. I attempt to understand what happened.

Whether you are for, against or neutral about what is going on around the world I ask for one thing only. To be able to curl up with a book in the quiet moments is a balm for the mind and soul during tough times. Visit here:
http://www.booksforsoldiers.com/index.ph...
or here:
http://www.operationpaperback.org/index....

"Live right so when it comes your time to die,
you will not be like those whose hearts are filled with
the fear of death, who weep and pray for a little more
time to live their lives over again in a different way.
Sing your death song and die like a hero going home."
-Tecumseh

"I was that which others did not want to be,
I went where others feared to go,
and did what others failed to do.
I asked nothing of those who gave nothing,
and reluctantly accepted the thought of eternal loneliness,
should I fail.
I have seen the face of terror, felt the stinging cold of fear,
and enjoyed the sweet taste of a moment's love.
I have cried in pain and in hope,
but most of all I have lived times others would say were best forgotten.
At least some day I will be able to say,
that I am proud of what I was.
A Soldier."
-Anonymous

"There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!"
-A Book by Emily Dickinson

"I find television to be very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book."
-Groucho Marx

"The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been presented in the entire history of television."
-Andrew Ross

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
-Cicero

"A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say."
-Italo Calvino, The Literature Machine

I grew up in a house full of books and will be eternally grateful to my parents for that. I have been there and done that and helped to make history with the places I have been, things I have done and things I have seen. Twenty-five years down this road.

About my libraryDECEMBER 2009: CURRENTLY READING

DECEMBER 2009: COMPLETED READING

NOVEMBER 2009: COMPLETED READING

OCTOBER 2009: COMPLETED READING

2009: READING FOR THE YEAR SO FAR

LocationBarnegat, NJ

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Member sinceJan 4, 2007

Currently readingThe Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Homer
Vicksburg, 1863 by Winston Groom
Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It by Participant Productions
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan