Winter Solitude; Crossing The Plain and Pershing Sallyport by Paul Steucke Parade but winter with fresh snow

but winter with fresh snow is dramatic

Working in some of the harshest conditions on Earth

the colliding arrows also form an “X” and an “I” representing the Roman numeral “11

Chandler in June 2009

Winter Solitude; Crossing The Plain and Pershing Sallyport by Paul Steucke Parade but winter with fresh snowMorning snowflakes fall with silence that heightens our senses as it quiets our world. We wonder in awe at the change in landscape. Fall is beautiful, spring is joyous, summer is fun, but winter with fresh snow is dramatic. I was fortunate to be at the Academy when this seasonal phenomenon occurred. Like a small, excited child I raced outside at daybreak to be in it. Everything was covered. George Washington, MacArthur, Eisenhower, and Patton each had