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I have been married to two Vietnam veterans. My grandson recently returned from Iraq and will probably be deployed to Afghanistan sooner than we would like.

One of my passions is the treatment of veterans, or lack thereof. Therefore, this blog…

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Page last updated on June 9, 2010 at 5:55 am

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A healing journey for war veterans and their families:

THE WELCOME offers a fiercely intimate view of life after war: the fear, anger and isolation of post-traumatic stress that affects vets and family members alike. As we join these vets in a small room for an unusual five day healing retreat, we witness how the ruins of war can be transformed into the beauty of poetry.





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Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, "the greatest", but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is. —Sydney J. Harri

Highest Honor: A Monologue

Written by Lin McNulty for a local production by Actors Theater of Orcas Island.


We join a young soldier in an anteroom at The White House as he about to be presented with the Medal of Honor.


Performed by Zach Knight.


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