“Tip of the Spear”

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Tip of the Spear: The Incredible Story of an Injured Green Beret’s Return to Battle: 9781546084792: Hendrickson, Ryan: Books

The inspiring true story of a US Special Forces soldier who was medically retired after stepping on an IED, and his incredible return to active duty. Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ryan Hendrickson is a brave, determined, and courageous soldier — a Green Beret clearing the way for his twelve-man team while conducting combat operations against the Taliban. As the “tip of the spear,” his role is to ensure the route taken by U.S. and Afghan troops are free of IEDs — improvised explosive devices. Many soldiers do not survive their last step; those who do often lose at least one limb.

One of the many biographical accounts of war I have read.

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (September 2, 2024) 📚📚

Moonwashed Prompt

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Welcome To Moonwashed Musings

Your Weekly Prompt – Sheltered

Prompt contributions can be any variation of the prompt and/or image.

Let your creativity flow! Every week one or more contributions will be featured on Moonwashed Doings weekly wrap-up.

Publish a post on your own blog that responds to the prompt. Copy the URL (the HTTPS:// address on my post) and paste it into your post. Copy your link into Mr. Linky below (underlined with a hyperlink). You might have to delete your previous entry

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/problem-solving/helen-yemm-get-rid-green-slime-small-trees-screening-scruffy/

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safe soft green beauty

shelter for creatures below

fish hide under lily pads

turtles and frogs harbor there

hiding alligators stalk

ducks, birds floating unaware

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    https://amanpan.com/2024/09/03/moonwashed-weekly-prompt-sheltered/

    Tanka Tuesday

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    Getaway to Stowe in the Summer

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    Missing my Vermont home, especially in autumn. September brings such colors graduating from summer greens. Eventually all bright colors will emerge.

    verdant hues fading

    autumn is now moving in

    subtle morning sun reveals

    blue mountain vista with peach

    stones softened in the day’s light

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    24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge, No. 50, 9/3/24, Part I: White Dew (September 7 – 22) Hakuro 白露

    dVerse Poets Quadrille

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    New to the Q? Here’s what to do: 
    Don’t go into a tailspin. Just spin us a poem of precisely 44 words (not counting the title), containing some form or other of the word spin. Post the poem on your own blog and link up using the Mr. Linky below. Then spin out into that beautiful blogosphere to enjoy all the amazing poems. Some of the most incredible poets spin their stories right here at dverse. The Q is open all week long, so be sure to come back and take a second spin around the track.

    Time flies, spins too fast
    If life’s easy, the spin doesn’t last
    Children are the future and we see them grow
    But every day you think, please let it slow
    Around and around pointed hands spin
    Keeping time as the pendulum swings
    Too fast.

    Quadrille #207 Poem Spin Cycle  

    SYW 9-2-24

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    Here are this week’s questions:

    1.  What was the last photograph you took? Below—my granddaughter at Subway😂She had just painted her “senior” jeans

    2.  When was your last field trip? Last summer we took a weekend trip to Colorado where we used to live

    3.  What is your favourite past time as an adult? Being with family

    4.  Do people ask you for advice? Sometimes but I preface it with it’s just my own opinion

    Gratitude:My grandson visited and it was great to see him!

    Share Your World 2nd September 2024