Armed Forces Day Celebration - Radio Interview with author-vets

You are specially invited to join me Saturday May 17th. I'll be participating in the CHERRY PICKING SPECIAL SHOW Saturday May 17th 9pm to 11pm EST at http://www.internetvoicesradio.com/rowena.htm Visit the radio station at http://www.internetvoicesradio.com to see the slide show and find out how to listen to or download our program.

There will also be a link to http://www.ebookisle.net/PIVTR/5-17.htm

I hope as many of you as possible will tune in and help Lynn Hardy's efforts to get novels to military personnel serving overseas.

You'll also have the opportunity to find out about many wonderful stories with military heroes and heroines (space military, SEALS, SAS, Very special forces, pilots,navy, marines, infantry, cavalry, gunners, historical warriors, detectives... the gamut).

I look forward to chatting with you.

Y'all know I'm a disabled veteran of the US Air Force. So is my hubby. We served during peace time thus didn't have to endure the hardships of being away from friends and loved ones, being shot at, losing jobs, and many other hardships I can't even imagine like the brave men and women now serving. I was just told that my cousin Jonathan will be sent to Iraq to the fighting. I'm scared. And yet, I know we have to stand up to bullies or they'll try to walk all over us (like Hitler). Please pray for Jonathan and all his comrades, all our children, siblings, sons, daughters, cousins, friends, neighbors, co-workers, fellow parishioners, etc. that are part of this effort. Even if you can't come to the show, please pray for them.

What were you doing thirty years ago?

What were you doing thirty years ago?

That sounds sooooooooo long ago. It only feels like last year.

Thirty years ago, I was in my senior year of high school - that was 1978.


I was co-editor of our high school newspaper, on the year book staff, 2nd lieutenant of our flag corps. I worked part time at a junky jewelry store in downtown Cincinnati. I went to the disco several nights a week and danced hte night away.

We were all chatting on the CB radio, good buddy. That's a big 10-4. My husband wants to be Burt Reynolds/Bo in Smokey and the Bandit.


On I was watching M.A.S.H. (I saw a rerun tonight), One Day At A Time, the Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Eight Is Enough, The Waltons, Welcome Back Kotter, Charlie's Angels, and Little House on the Prairie. I was probably watching Brady Bunch and All in the Family reruns, too.



My boyfriend whom we called "Chewie" as everyone said he looked like Chewbacca, was way more in love with Star Wars IV than with me. I think he saw it at the theater at least 17 times. I liked it, too. We all did. I still say episodes IV, V, and VI are the best by far. Forget the better graphics in the first trilogy, the characters and story are great. By the way, I didn't marry this guy. Can you imagine what our kids would've looked like? Yikes!

I borrowed my mom's big tank of an Impala to drive my friends around Cincinnati. We went to the drive in a lot when we didn't go to the disco. In fact, I could see one or two of the drive-in screens from my mom's front lawn. Unfortunately, I couldn't hear the sound or lip read.

We also hung out at the Frisch's drive through, eating greasy fries and burgers. Well, I ate the buddy boy (the ham sandwich) with the greasy fries.


I wanted to go to college for journalism at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, but I was preparing to make do with the University of Cincinnati in Clifton.


I drove one of the best cars I ever had - a red Toyota Corolla. Later, I drove a blue, beat up Corolla, but it never let me down.


The only computers I knew about were the ones my dad worked on - the big IBM monsters that filled rooms and used punch cards. I don't think I heard of a PC until the late 80s when I was in college. (I dropped out of college and went into the Air Force for a few years and then returned to college after I was married and had 3 children - so much for dorm and sorority life).


I was thin without trying, without watching what I ate. But like I said, I was a dancing fool. That was back when the cool guys tried to be John Travolta on the disco floor, when they wore those 3 piece white suits. It was also when the guys just started doing "the bump" with us in the middle of the dance floor before we'd officially met. Those were fun days. God, I miss them.

On a different topic, I missed American Idol last night and again tonight. I was good and doing my edits at Borders. I just want my editor to know. :) I'll catch the recording Friday or Saturday.