Weekend Rambler

I wish I could send some of our rain Pero's direction, sheesh, it's starting to feel like Seattle here, everything is nice and green though meaning high fire alerts this fall. Oh well, I will enjoy the prolific wildflowers and green hills while they last till they revert to California sun dried golden brown.
I promised a report on my adopted soldier, though how do you adopt a Marine Gunnery Sargent based in the al Anbar? Easy, support their mission and send he and his men some cigars, coffee, reading material and something to nosh on. The most interesting request was "silly string", the party gimmick in a can, it helps foot patrols locate thin tripwires, cool thinking there. He is located about ten miles from Fallujah on the shores of lake Habbaniyah, just south of the town of the same name. He reports high moral and a positive reflection of the Iraqi people as being very family oriented and just wanting to be able to provide for them and is very impressed with the speed the Iraqi forces are stepping up to the plate in taking over battle space. This is his third deployment and there is not a hint of negativism in our correspondences other than the drab living quarters, so I have sent some pics to help. He hopes they will be allowed to finish their mission with honor and sees it happening on the ground, noting that schools, electric stations, water treatment and irrigation projects just aren't exciting news and thus don't get reported.
They know they are engaged in a noble mission that they can only lose by lack of support here at home and in the propoganda war internationally. That is one of the reasons I started the Barnyard was to engage in that propoganda war and try to help by winning here at home as well.
A good place to start is www.soldiersangels.org , its easy, they will guide you through it even with a mentor. Don't hesitate sign up today , you won't regret it, it feels good. How many that view this page support them already? I know Pero and Karen do any others?