A Pretty Day It starts out innocently enough. The weather today is prime for flying, you’ve got nothing in particular to do on your schedule. It’s been a while since you took to the skies, so you decide you’ll go for a leisurely ride and enjoy the freedom of flight and its sights for a […]
I went to say goodbye to my stepdad yesterday. He is still alive, at least biologically; he’s moving into the deeper and final throes of Alzheimer’s disease. In years he is somewhere between 81 and 85, we’re not sure…he hasn’t been sure for years, even before the Alzheimer’s invaded. A kind, sweet and gentle man […]
This is a true story. I’m not sure if it’s a story of survival through sheer grit or one because of and despite complete idiocy. Or more likely, because of divine intervention. In December of ‘87 or ‘88 my dad had a 26 foot Pearson sailboat, the Tiburon. It was based out of Middle River, […]