Photos: Waiting on the homefront
Veda Olechny, with dogs Mattie, foreground, and Butchie, says: “People are busy with their lives because of the economy. It’s understandable. A wife sitting at home waiting for a soldier to finish deployment, that’s her focus every day. You want to tell people about it, then you realize they really aren’t interested.” (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Back at home in Marydel, Del., Veda Olechny waits for her husband’s return. War sets the rhythm for military families like hers: Home by 9, in case he beeps on Skype. Cellphone charged, in case he calls. No point buying pot roast; she can’t finish it herself. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Olechny takes the dogs out at her Delaware home. The war is a constant for her, but Evan Tracey, whose Campaign Media Analysis Group tracks political advertising nationwide, says amid the midterm elections, “There’s no discussion in any detail in any campaign that I’ve seen at any level, state or federal.” Read more: “The war the election forgot” (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
