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WHAT VFMs DO WHEN WAR COURT IS CLOSED

Good afternoon from JTF- (Joint Task Force) Guantanamo. What do VFM’s (Victim Family Members) do when pretrial hearings are unexpectedly recessed? Shop for sundries at the NEX. Shop at the Military gift shop for stuffed Iguanas and T-shirts. Tour the @41sq miles of landscape, including abandoned prison sites, on an air-conditioned passenger bus accompanied by […]

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MONOLOGUE SHOWCASE

You are invited! My writing. Professional actors. Memoir- Monologue Showcase. 5-minute stories. Join me! Live. Virtual. Free. Register.

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BESIEGED

8-27-2024 Night over Vermont home.

Today’s post is surrendering of what I hold as publish-worthy prose to journalistic testimony in the raw.

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September, 2023

As bright summer days wane into the amber of the autumn equinox, I find my psyche returning to the fragile landscape of shock and grief when the nucleus of my family was ruptured. 22-years later, our avowed devotion is the flame which ignites an unwavering pursuit of truth and justice to hold sovereign nations accountable for their role in supporting and carrying out acts of terrorism on American citizens, on our nation’s soil.

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The Promise

And I said: “Dear, I promise to love you forever, and you said: I promise I’ll never leave you.
July 25, 1987.

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I found some fantastic fudge today!

In honor of David’s birthday, his story is told by the mark of his own pen. I’m pleased to share his gift of words, as brilliant as the light of Venus in this evening’s sky. This is your invitation to the celebration.

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