On June 30, 2013, 19 firefighters were lost while battling the Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona. The fallen represent about 20% of Prescott's Fire Department. It is an unbearable loss that is difficult to absorb even in a field where danger is a part of the day-to-day job. Every time a firefighter is lost, the [...]
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We’ve got trouble…
Readers - do not be alarmed, but pay careful attention to what I am about to share with you. Yesterday, a convention full of North Dakota firefighters converged on West Fargo. I know this not because I was asked to be the honorary goodwill ambassador, a speaker, or even a mascot - I know this [...]
Damn straight Keith Ternes!
I am a law abiding citizen, for the most part. I have a healthy respect for laws and law enforcement, most of the time. I may violate an occasional traffic law by exceeding the speed limit or by parking in a wrong location, but that is the extent of the daredevil criminal in me. I [...]
Pin-up boys?
If you ask me I will freely admit that I am a fan of calendars that feature scantily clad muscular men. I am a pig, or a piglet if you prefer to make the term seem more fitting of a girl. My friends all know this about me. As such they regularly send me random [...]
Life Alert??
Cheyenne has thought it funny lately to tell me that she is going to get me Life Alert for Christmas. These comments were generated out of an initial discussion regarding the labyrinthitis and the potential for dizziness and loss of balance, so I took them originally as a misguided attempt at expressing concern for me. Alas, [...]
We were # 316.
Photo credit: Carrie Snyder, The ForumI hate fire - always have. I think it is because from an early age I had a healthy appreciation of its relentless, take no prisoners' nature. When I was fairly young my brother was playing with matches in the house and caused a fire in a tall built-in storage [...]
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