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The New Life Taking Shape Within

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

As I plopped down onto my usual perch to watch the pass­ing of such a glo­ri­ous day, I was drawn to retrace the steps I had taken to get there, as if I were on the verge of dis­cov­er­ing some­thing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Breeding Ground for Discontent

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

Even though the ship­fit­ters went out of their way to make me feel like one of them, I could never rid myself of the feel­ing that I just didn’t belong here. For in spite of all the cama­raderie, I could … Con­tinue read­ing →

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She Who Must Be Obeyed

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

As Fate would have Her way, I was not des­tined to enjoy any plea­sure cruise, for She was bound and deter­mined to stir up the waters of life, enough to keep me at odds with the Navy. Unable to cir­cum­vent … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Missing Link

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

Then, one day, upon the breath of a sigh from Fate, Her­self, were a num­ber of new guys wafted onboard–reservists, like myself, who were still very much alive with the warmth and the feel­ing of their own humanity–a wel­come sight … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Most Precious Gift You Have

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

Seek­ing Wulf out that evening, I found him up on the Sig­nal Bridge where, with a fixed gaze, he stood wrapped in his own thoughts. Star­tled by the sound of my approach, he turned and smiled half­heart­edly as if he … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Nature of the Beast

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

I hadn’t heard from my girl­friend back home since I had arrived onboard the ship, three or four weeks ago, until I found a let­ter from her lying on my bunk. As my heart leapt within my chest, I grabbed … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Instinctive Reactions of a Dumb Ass

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

I knew very lit­tle about Viet­nam, except that US troops were being deployed there to halt the spread of Com­mu­nism. While I had no qualms with this goal on the sur­face, under­neath I sim­mered in a pot of emo­tional uncer­tainty … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Through the Looking Glass

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Sir EJ Drury II

I awoke the fol­low­ing morn­ing only to find myself rush­ing around to get to my bat­tle sta­tion on time when, after a leisurely break­fast, the call went out over the loud­speaker for all hands to report to gen­eral quar­ters for … Con­tinue read­ing →

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She or Her

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Sir EJ Drury II

So did I depart from Trea­sure Island some­what per­plexed by the sud­den appear­ance of the notion that feel­ing is a fem­i­nine qual­ity. For once my plane was in the air, I grew increas­ingly con­cerned about these spon­ta­neous ref­er­ences of mine … Con­tinue read­ing →

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