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Giving Voice: Shelter

laura bruno lilly — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:54:56 +0000

Shelter. That’s maybe all man has ever wanted. Shelter; warmth; food. from: Andrew James Murray Lately the term, “desperately displaced” has been bandied about. As if living ‘between homes – displaced’ is not desperate in and of itself… Giving Voice to those seeking safe places to live and hunker down; where surviving IS thriving. […]

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Giving Voice: The Eagle Cried

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 26 May 2019 23:33:00 +0000

The Eagle Cried, written and recorded by US Army Major J Billington (Iraqi & Afghanistan vet) This song was written in honor of the sacrifices of Vietnam veterans, who did not receive the hero’s welcome that they deserved when they came home from the fight. This song was written for and performed at the 13th Combat […]

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Specialty Feet

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 03:03:25 +0000

Soon after the first two weeks of my convalescence I set up what my sorella-amica Lisa called a ‘sewing sanctuary’ – a working layout that is user friendly for one such as I with ‘Specialty Feet’. I scrunched down the ironing board, placed it in between my desk and sewing machine and scooter around from station […]

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Hurting for Home

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:22:18 +0000

in honor of all those displaced due to all manner of circumstances “Roots are best planted in the hearts of people rather than in a place.” Mary Lou Mawicke Bruno (Ma) (Andrew York, ‘Home’)

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Groggy Bye-Bye to 2015

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:50:32 +0000

I’ve been wanting to write an appropriate post for the end of 2015. Nothing has come to me. Partly due to the fact of being in the throes of a big cold/flu episode. Partly due to the fact of just not being able to face the blank page. I keep trying to get something written […]

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A Walk in the Swamp with Joe

laura bruno lilly — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 04:03:04 +0000

Over these past three years of Thanksgivings, a tradition of sorts has evolved. It seems our son Joe’s holiday of choice is Thanksgiving. Each Thanksgiving since landing here in South Carolina after our between homes journey, he has flown in to join us at the family feasting table. This fourth year was no different. He […]

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Inspiration during a simple Convalescence

laura bruno lilly — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 02:47:12 +0000

Okay. So I’m laid up a bit from a pesky back muscle spasm. In my mature wisdom, I know it is nothing as incapacitating as what many of my favorite Wounded Warriors have had to endure in a life less than half the length of my own. But, when one is on a roll with […]

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Giving Voice: NCIS and Homeless Veterans

laura bruno lilly — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 12:00:35 +0000

Yes, I admit, NCIS is my favorite TV show to date. Quite often this Navy based television series tackles real world military topics. Indeed, “Shooter” takes a look into the troubling subject of homeless veterans. Hardly the poster boys and girls for public perception of what it means to be homeless in America, this episode […]

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Meanwhile, back at the barn…

laura bruno lilly — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 04:33:05 +0000

I figured you guys needed a horse photo fix, so here’s one of us taken the end of May just minutes before tacking up the horses for the 2nd Annual Bethlehem Therapeutic Riding Stables Horse Show. My, don’t we look fresh and perky? It’s a far cry from how we all look and feel now […]

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Longest Night of the Year: 2013 Reflections (part two)

laura bruno lilly — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:05:54 +0000

“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” -Victor Hugo What better way to ease into another set of 2013 Reflections than with luscious references to food? This past year, I resumed my life as a ‘good cooker.’ This family badge of honor, proudly reactivated now that I have a kitchen at […]

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