tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2005://1.5036- 2012-03-24T15:57:48Z Comments for Taking the road less traveled. We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2005://1.5036 2005-12-27T22:02:49Z 2006-11-11T16:53:21Z Taking the road less traveled. As a youngster, I'd have done the same. Now... I'd take the tea and cookies.... The Armorer http://www.thedonovan.com As a youngster, I'd have done the same.

Now... I'd take the tea and cookies.

]]> tag:www.thedonovan.com,2005://1.5036-comment:37050 Comment from Jon The Mechanic on 2005-12-28 Jon The Mechanic It is amazing how we sometimes look back at the past and see the history that we missed for one reason or another, then wish that we could go back and have a redo on that day. 2005-12-28T17:29:45Z 2005-12-28T17:29:45Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2005://1.5036-comment:37004 Comment from cw4(ret)billt on 2005-12-27 cw4(ret)billt She didn't want any truck with tea ("That's for fancy people..."), so I stayed for coffee and cookies. And it was *me* that was cold, having gone through the ice and blessing the forethought that made me carry a hockey stick whenever I went skating, even if it wasn't to play hockey. I read letters from a Union soldier who never made it back from Chancellorsville. I met a raccoon that avoided people but wasn't averse to begging a piece of cookie from a ten-year old. I learned how to keep a coal fire going in a Franklin stove. And I learned that if I looked into her window and didn't see the lamp burning, she'd take it kindly if I were to notify the doctor. On the day I didn't see the lamp burning, the raccoon met me at the door and didn't beg for a cookie... 2005-12-27T22:26:33Z 2005-12-27T22:26:33Z