Monthly Archives: June 2008

Lingering Spring

The Summer Solstice is within reach, yet here in the Northwest the wet, chilly, dark spring lingers.  This isn’t all bad, of course, but it is keeping me busy.
My winter aches and age related body stuff doesn’t go away so well in dark skies, I am sleepy and harder to start than my Minotaur husband’s [...]

The List - New Moon - June 2008

The list of names released from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since the last quarter:
Sgt. 1st Class Jason F. Dene, 37, of Castleton, Vt. - Army - Iraq - non-combat incident
Spc. Christopher Gathercole, 21, of Santa Rosa, Calif. - Army - Afghanistan -small arms fire
(this was a Ft. Lewis soldier)
Spc. Justin L. Buxbaum, 23, [...]