“Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town …” Faulkner is a great writer. Reading his works is like taking a breath of fresh air after being stuck inside for days. I have read good books by good […] Selected Short Stories by William FaulknerThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Classic Fiction on October 7, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter
When I was working for the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, I was chosen to accompany a general on his flight in a brand-new C-17 Globemaster II being delivered from the Boeing plant in Los Angeles to Charleston AFB, South Carolina. It was a trip […] “Lyles delivers newest C-17 to Air Force” for Air Force ...This entry was posted in Writing and tagged Air Force writing on October 5, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter
“On the day of the miracle, Isabel was kneeling at the cliff’s edge, tending the small, newly made driftwood cross.” War can change a man. Love can also change a man. But, can love overcome the damage done by war? After serving in Australia’s military during World War I, Tom […] The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on October 3, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter
“I am not what you call a civilized man! I have done with society entirely, for reasons which I alone have the right of appreciating. I do not, therefore, obey its laws, and I desire you never to allude to them before me again!” Something interesting has been found in […] 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Classic Fiction on September 30, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter
I was first published when I was only 10 years old. My 4th grade teacher encouraged me to write a lot (on a typewriter back then) and submit a few of my poems to a publishing contest. The contest was for students attending a Department of Defense school in Asia […] “The Poles Poem” in the Far East Sun FifteenThis entry was posted in Writing and tagged writing on September 28, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter
“She had treated the war as another civic duty and had entered willingly into her many new commitments. She truly believed that all must serve to the best of their abilities, but the sight of Hugh in uniform, and the realization that his talents would send him to the battlefield, […] The Summer Before the War by Helen SimonsonThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on September 26, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter
“I gazed around me, like someone suddenly handed clear glasses, and I saw that pretty much everyone bore the brutal imprint of love, whether it was lost, whipped away from the, or simply vanished into a grave.” SPOILER ALERT: If you plan to read Me Before You, please don’t read this review […] After You by JoJo MoyesThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on September 23, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter
I was working part-time during college at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska, when the USS Cole was attacked on Oct. 12, 2000. I remember thinking how many people on the ship were close to my age. I worked on the base newspaper, so I was allowed to get […] “The world can change in an instant” for Air Pulse ...This entry was posted in Writing and tagged Air Force writing on September 21, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter
“Complaining was not in fashion in 1943, not with so many sacrifices being made thousands of miles away, across oceans she had never seen.” “The most ambitious war project in military history rested squarely on the shoulders of tens of thousands of ordinary people, many of them young women.” “What […] Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women ...This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Historical Non-Fiction on September 19, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter
“What slows me are small shrines tucked alongside the sidewalks of Tokyo. These shrines are ignored by most passersby, but are tucked into small lots all over the city. I always stop to look, because I love the way they insist, against all contrary evidence, that some places in this […] Motions and Moments: More Essays on Tokyo by Michael PronkoThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on September 16, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter