I haven’t fit in to a single-digit dress size since Johnny Carson was on the air, so that alone should tell you eating has never been a problem for me. I prefer healthy meals and being active though; it balances out my addiction to sweets and my sedentary times writing blog posts. But eating at […]
It started out as a usual workday on Kwaj with the 6am bugle call. Yes, I said both bugle call and 6am. It’s an endearing reminder of living on a military installation, endearing only because it’s not really that loud and my salt-encrusted window, incapable of opening, keeps it muffled. Most would sleep right through […]
Being on Kwajalein a little over 2 weeks now, I’m finding a nice balance between work, downtime and activities. And on an island 3 miles long and a half mile wide, many of these activities include beach or ocean. If you recall from my previous geography lesson, I mean post, the atoll is a big […]
Work vehicles of many shapes and sizes are used on Kwajalein, but it’s the bikes that first catch the eye. Because no one has a personal car, everyone rides a bike — the young, the old, the athletic, indoorsy, even the two pack a day smoker. Everyone. Bikes are a necessity and, how can I […]
There are lots of lists out there on the webernet -Top Five Reasons The Eagles Beat the Browns, Ten Strange Things Eaten in China, Eight Things That Will Inevitably Happen When You Get a Pixie Cut. Each one full of valuable nuggets I’m sure. So here’s one from me about living on Kwajalein. You have […]
Let’s get the geography lesson out of the way. If you haven’t already exercised your Google muscles, read on. I’m working on the US Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll on Kwajalein Island, part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) in the North Pacific. Easy, peasy, right? Now don’t click back to that Youtube video […]
Yes, I’m on the road, or should I say, “to the skies,” again for work. This time to Kwajalein Island in the Marshall Islands. How did this happen, you ask? Where in the heck are the Marshall Islands? Kwaja-what? Well, the short story is that many people who work in Antarctica will also find […]
Keeping life interesting 