Saturday, March 31, 2012

Let That Be Your Last Battlefield

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Copyright © 2012 by Ralph Couey As I write this, the University of Kansas men’s basketball team is poised to begin their participation in...

Rebirth

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Copyright 2012 © by Ralph Couey Spring, like all the seasons, comes upon us gradually.  Wrapped in the cloak of our busy lives, we scarce...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Drive Into the Danger Zone

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Copyright © 2012 by Ralph Couey There was a time in America when there were no traffic laws, mainly because encountering a fellow tr...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

Civil War: Events of April 1862

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On April 4 th , as part of the peninsula campaign, Federal troops under General George McClellan began to move from Fort Monroe towards the ...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

How Much More Can We Ask?

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Copyright © 2012 by Ralph Couey World War II was a watershed event in American history.   16.5 million American troops served in theater...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Old Virginia

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Copyright 2012 by Ralph Couey Change is a concept that is at the same time glorious opportunity and seemingly endless adversity.   It r...
Friday, February 24, 2012

Civil War: Events of March 1862

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March 3rd saw the appointment of Andrew Johnson as the Military Governor of Tennessee by President Lincoln. On that same day, the acti...

Those Marvelously Inventive Humans

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Copyright 2012 © by Ralph Couey “There's no such thing as 'the unknown,' only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not...
Friday, February 03, 2012

Civil War: Events of February 1862

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February 1st saw the publication of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”by Julia Howe, which would become the anthem for the Union Army. On F...
Monday, January 23, 2012

Humanity and the Right Fight

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Copyright © 2012 by Ralph Couey except quoted portions. "By rights, we shouldn’t even be here, but we are. It’s like in the gre...
Monday, January 16, 2012

The Newest Model

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Copyright © 2012 by Ralph Couey Witnessing the birth of a child is one of the most profound moments any human can experience.  To come ...
Monday, January 09, 2012

Techo-Thought

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Copyright © 2012 by Ralph Couey The human race has undergone numerous changes over the centuries.  Life span, height, fine motor skills...
Friday, December 30, 2011

Resolutions and the Power of Decision

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey (except quoted portions) "A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Searching for "Home"

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey (Except quoted lyrics) You and I have memories Longer than the road That stretches out of here Getting ...
Monday, December 26, 2011

Civil War: Events of January 1862

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On the first day of the new year, General   Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson opened what was called the Romney campaign, or the Valley campai...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

So, This is Christmas

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey The event occurred over 2000 years ago, and the date is still in dispute.  In the midst of the crush an...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Riding Plans

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey For most of the years I've been riding motorcycles, I've been lucky to live in areas where traf...
Monday, December 19, 2011

It Takes a Village to Sell Groceries

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey One of the vivid memories from my childhood was our regular weekly trip to the grocery store.  We lived...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Muse on a Winter's Morn

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey I step out the door and my senses are shocked by the cold air. My exhalations become visible clouds a...
Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Cosmic Reflections On a Rainy Evening

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey Early December and it's pouring rain outside here in Northern Virginia.  Our former hometown up in ...
Saturday, December 03, 2011

Civil War: Events of December 1861

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On December 7, Stonewall Jackson scored a significant victory by disrupting major Union logistical and transportation infrastructure when ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Thoughts From a Sunset Train Ride

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey Now three weeks into my new job and new city, some semblance of routine is finally asserting itself, al...

Has the Wall of Einstein Finally Cracked?

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The famous Hubble Deep Field. Image credit NASA/JPL  Each one of those smudges is a galaxy, like our Milky Way, containing between 200 ...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Having That Traffic Chat

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey Moving to the big city would have consequences.   This, I knew.   Things cost more, everywhere is fur...
Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Rootless

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Copyright © by Ralph Couey I'll never forget the moment.  It was my last day in uniform, capping 10 years of a globe-trotting Navy ca...
Thursday, November 03, 2011

Death and Dimensionality

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Vortex Tunnel from http://www.gepproductions.com/vortextunnel.html Copyright © 2011 (Written content only) by Ralph Couey “Life” ha...
Wednesday, November 02, 2011

The Civil War: Events of November 1861

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On November 1, the highly-popular George McClellan was promoted to General-in-Chief of the entire Union Army. On the 2 nd , President Lin...
Tuesday, November 01, 2011

"W" Also Stands for "Whoa"

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey The Chiefs won.   On Monday Night Football.   A field goal tipped the game in OT causing what might have...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Farewell to the Laurel Highlands**

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey *Somerset, PA Daily American October 29, 2011 as "Farewell Somerset County *Johnstown, PA ...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Why "Change" and "Pain" Rhyme

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Copyright © 2011 by Ralph Couey It is so seductive to float through life on the calm seas of predictable routine.   It’s a comfortable...