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Archives for December 2015

Dec
25

my christmas eve on a greyhound bus

Posted by Alex Woodard in Blog
We passed farmhouses with windows wrapped in white lights, houses that were never intended to be this close to a highway. Houses that once stood like solitary trees on the plain, but tonight surely shuddered with the wheels of the bus grating against the interstate, amidst the hopeful rattling of reindeer hooves on the roofs. […]
Dec
24

Manny is what matters

Posted by Alex Woodard in Blog
This is Manny. He’s a 94-year-old WWII veteran. He sent in this picture because he and his family loved For The Sender : Love Letters from Vietnam. Among other things, I tried to get endorsements for this book, but felt like i didn’t get much support from the corporate system that had supported me before. […]
Dec
22

the power of the ocean. and you.

Posted by Alex Woodard in Blog
The ocean can heal deep wounds and bring a peace that’s hard to find anywhere else. The For The Sender Holiday show this past Sunday was a special one… with your help, we raised enough money to fund an entire surf camp for veterans next summer. Soldiers who’ve never experienced that healing power of the […]
Dec
15

The Little Girl in The Pink Jacket

Posted by Alex Woodard in Blog
I was on a plane just before Christmas not long ago when a little girl in a puffy pink jacket became what will be my eternal Christmas reminder.   Maybe she can be the same for you, too.   ____________________________________   “Do you believe in Santa Claus?”   The question came from the little girl […]
Dec
11

Ranch and Coast features FOR THE SENDER Holiday Show

Posted by Alex Woodard in News / Press Press
For The Sender: Love Letters from Vietnam Author and singer-songwriter Alex Woodard will celebrate the launch of his third book, For The Sender: Love Letters from Vietnam, with a special holiday concert event at the Belly Up Tavern on Sunday, December 20 from 8-10pm, where Woodard will preview some of the new songs in the […]
Dec
04

I found a friend

Posted by Alex Woodard in Blog
I went looking for a friend who would have sat in the living room in 1968, telling stories to a young military wife about the war in Vietnam. I wanted that friend to tell those stories again, in voices like ghosts running through the love letters from Vietnam that her husband sent home almost five […]

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