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- ▼October (6)
- Captain’s Log — Apparently the Cat Did Not Like Flying
- Get Out of the Hotel and Do Something
- Flying Over Titan
- I Met Him When He Came to the Flightdeck Wanting to Be a Southwest Pilot
- Decades Later, at a Bar, I Met a Stranger. We Talked About Mapping Text Adventures on Graph Paper
- IBM PCjr Flight Simulator is to blame. Or credit.
- ▼October (6)
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Captain’s Log: Columbus Ohio
The locals were fantastic and welcomed me with open arms. According to our body clocks, we landed in Columbus somewhere between hungry and sleepy. As is my custom…
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A Promise Kept at 10,000 Feet
“Please forgive me. I am assuming you have a loved one’s remains in your carry-on?” “Yes, sir. I am taking my late wife with me to finish the…
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Cocktail Parties, Pink Floyd, and Mint Jelly on Lamb. A Friend’s Passing
I learned of a friend’s passing this week.It came this way:“FWD: Linwood died last Tuesday.” It took my breath away. It came from one of my best friends.…
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Seeing a Divided World Through the Eyes of My Teen
Although news, podcasts, blogs, and conversations with friends, family, and coworkers have led me to believe the country is at a breaking point through our divisions, distrust, and…
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From a Journal 23 Years Ago.
Recently I was asked to find a journal I kept when we met twenty-three years ago. In it, I found a passage in which I wrote about a…
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Airline Captain – A Quick Study
I wrote the following years ago as a character study on a Captain I was flying with. I was hesitant to post it then as I genuinely enjoyed…
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