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Emails to Wayne

Text Box: Wayne Lankford is from my old neighborhood, Cascade Heights in Atlanta, Ga. and we went to the same college., West Georgia College in Carrollton, Georgia. I graduated from there in 1970 and was promptly drafted for the war in Viet Nam. Wayne who is about two years younger than I finished a couple of year later. We lost contact with each other for thirty three years, then one day out of the clear blue , he called me, and to my surprise he was a published author, The Bike Path, Oak Valley Press. We rekindled our friendship.  Wayne created a web sight for those of us who lived in Foster’s Store, which was an old country grocery store that had bee converted into housing for students. He wanted me to write for it. I resisted, reminding him that I had taken Freshman English three times, and had nearly flunked out of college because of the subject. He reminded me that he had also taken it three times. I relented and wrote a story for the web sight. People liked it. I wrote another, and another, and I fell in love with writing. A year or so later the best stories and pictures from the Foster’s web sight were published into the book Foster’s Store. There is a link in the navigation bars. to the left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: When I arrived in Iraq, I had no laptop, but I did have access to a company computer. My only writings were emails to Wayne. He forwarded them to friends. They forwarded them to their friends. My emailing list grew and grew, until it became unwieldy and too time consuming. It was time for web sight. Fortunately Wayne save most of my emails some of which are below.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: TITLE                                                       DESCRIPTION                                     Approximate date

 

 

Text Box: I am too damn tired to sleep                   description of a recent mission…………...Dec 5, 2006 The view from this window                    the current political situation                      Oct 15, 2006 A conversation with a Major                  training of Iraqi police                                  Nov 1, 2006 Bobble wrap                                            a funny story                                                May 20, 2006 Iraqi Police Recruits                               training of Iraqi police                                   Nov1, 2006 Louie Louie                                            very short funny story                                  May 1, 2006 Freedom in Iraq                                      the current political situation                           Nov 1, 2006 Out of the wire                                  my feelings the first time that I went out              Feb 15, 2006 The Russian fort                                description of a prisoner or war camp                   Mar 15, 2006 More Political Stuff                               current politics                                                   May 1. 2006 Islam                                                      religion                                                               May 1, 2006 Women in combat                                 essay on women in combat                                Jun 1, 2006 Quicksand                                             humor                                                                  Jun 1, 2006 The Amazing John                                 humor                                                                 Jun 15 2006 A Day at the office                                description of a mission                                       Apr15, 2006 Carter Center Signing                            a letter for a book signing                                    Jun 15, 2006