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Tasty Tuesday: Tarragon Potatoes
Thinking about which spices to plant in your herb garden this year? Stake out a square foot for some French tarragon. You will love the scent, the taste and this recipe. It truly is a favorite and a most requested recipe.Tarragon is a French herb with a horrible second name: “Dragon wort”. Not my first choice of a dinner ingredient. Tarragon is related to wormwood… my goodness it gets worse and worse! 🙂 But… leave the names behind and look at directly at the plant. French tarragon has slender branched stems, similar to rosemary. Because the plant does not have flowers, it cannot be grown from seed, therefore a trip…
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Faces Behind the Hero: Marine Wife, Ashley
Our Military-Family is made up of all types of people! Young wives, seasoned veterans, “military-brats”, all races & nationalities, well-educated, and learning new things each day! Today’s Face Behind the Hero is a young Marine Wife, Ashley. Surviving her first deployment and reaching out to meet military-friends. What branch is your husband in? How long has he been in? He is in the Marine Corps and he enlisted March 2008 How long have you been married? We got married January 29, 2010. My favorite wedding day memory would have to be the first kiss as a married couple. Do you have children? No children, but we are hoping for some in…
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Week in Review: Week of April 11 – 17 (Military News)
Here are ten of our most popular military-related articles for the week MilitaryAvenue.com: Faces Behind the Hero: Army Wife, Mom and writer, Jane: Meet our Face Behind the Hero, Jane. I love her thoughts below about a ‘Family Mission Statement’. What keeps your family together? What is the glue that binds? Where do you find the adventure that keeps life “interesting”? Thanks, Jane, for getting us all thinking about these things and not only being Army-Strong, but Family-Strong too!….“A Little Bit of Hope, Help…” “A Little Bit of Hope, Help …” is how US Navy CAPT James Wink, the chief engineer for Joint Task Force-Haiti responded to a question on…
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“A Little Bit of Hope, Help…” The Engineers in Haiti – DoD Roundtable
“A Little Bit of Hope, Help” … is how US Navy CAPT James Wink, the chief engineer for Joint Task Force-Haiti responded to a question on how the Haitian people are responding to their crisis and what they needed. The resilience of the Haitians according to the Captain is amazing! I have heard this comment repeatedly during other interviews with those involved in the humanitarian assistance efforts since the earthquake on January 12th. I was able to interview CAPT Wink this morning during a Department of Defense Bloggers Roundtable. He had some great facts but his description of a young boy, his own child’s age, sitting on the street, seeing…
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Thankful Thursday: Mutual Friends
Last night was ‘Small Group’. Our church has called it many things over the years, K-Group, Home-Group, etc etc… I am partial to Small Group. A small group of friends that didn’t start out as friends, but as strangers that have grown to care about one another and a desire to be with each other. I’ve written about this wonderful group of people before. (Small Group: The Joys of Entertaining) We are all ages. Hubs and I the youngest; the oldest … I’d venture in their 50s. I’m pregnant with baby #3. Some of them are empty-nesters wondering when they will be grandparents. A few of them grew up in the…
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An Interview with Army Command and General Staff College Students – DoD Roundtable
I enjoyed talking to and asking questions of five majors attending the Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Ft Leavenworth concerning the changes to the curriculum at Army basic training this afternoon. I spoke with Majors Dugger, Register, Grubbs, Butler and Favor. I hope I have spelled all your names correctly! During this DoD Bloggers Roundtable the officers communicated well and had a lively discussion about weapons training and other changes during basic (See US Army Initial Military Training – DoD Roundtable with LTG Mark Hertling for an earlier discussion of changes at basic training). The field grade officers confirmed that the changes mentioned by LTG Hertling were…
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Tasty Tuesday: Great Snack Bits
After a great late lunch in a touristy type town in Florida, evening had a way of showing up. Dinner promised to be as good as the long walk, the shops and laughter. This was not going to be a heavy sit down affair, as we were ready to nibble. Mary and Ed had it all planned. We picked out a movie to watch, Mary served up a chilled bowl of gazpacho and then filled up snazzy serving bowls of Great Snack Bits. Perfect food, wonderful fun and memories that I will hold dear. Isn’t that the way it is when you visit good USAF folk! The snack mix is…
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Faces Behind the Hero: Army Wife, Mom and writer, Jane
Meet our Face Behind the Hero, Jane. I love her thoughts below about a ‘Family Mission Statement’. What keeps your family together?  What is the glue that binds? Where do you find the adventure that keeps life “interesting”? Thanks, Jane, for getting us all thinking about these things and not only being Army-Strong, but Family-Strong too! What branch is your husband in? How long has he been in? My husband is active duty Army, and left for basic training on September 3, 2008…two days before my birthday! How long have you been married? What is your favorite wedding-day memory? We have been married for nearly three years. My favorite wedding day…
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Daffodil therapy
Daffodils. Great name for a flower I think. Something daffy is well, happy, a childhood memory made tangible and moments without pressure: pure frivolity. Prior to when Dale retired from the USAF, I went into a panic mode. What in the weeda world (a Norwegian expression from my fabulous grandmother) were we going to be doing? Good night, he would be home all the time. A life time of crew rest. OH MY!!My Mom was a great gardener. She could take a clump of dirt and transform it into a living breathing eye-grabbing spectacle. I thought the gardens were just for show… now I know differently.Bring on the daffodils. The…
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Week in Review: Week of April 4 – 10 (Military News)
Here are ten of our most popular military-related articles for the week MilitaryAvenue.com: Osprey Crash in Afghanistan Kills 3 Troops, Civilian: A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey crashed in southern Afghanistan late last night, killing three U.S. servicemembers, one civilian employee and injuring numerous other servicemembers. The cause of the crash is unknown, officials with NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said. fficials said the aircraft was carrying U.S. troops when it crashed seven miles west of Qalat City in Zabul province. The injured were transported to a nearby base for medical treatment….The “Smiles of the Children” in Haiti – An Exclusive MilitaryAvenue Interview with Lt General Ken Keen, Commander, Joint…
