Experience: Final installment for Wind and Water
I count myself among the few lucky enough to have experienced piloting an aircraft above 70,000 Feet (close to 15 miles above the earth’s surface). The U-2 Dragon Lady is the only operational air breathing aircraft currently capable of reaching such altitudes. It is also an aircraft of notoriety as…
Experience: More of Wind and Water
Anyone who’s ever studied the art of navigation is familiar with the name, Bowditch. Years ago, one of my three sons was intrigued by numbers (and still is). When he was ten years old, he read a book titled, Carry on Mr. Bowditch, about the life of the famous mathematician and…
Spice Spice Spice How About Some Actual FOOD?
I waited until the following morning before writing this. I was livid when I walked back from Rock Bottom last night. Being someone who travels a lot I end up eating out way more than anyone should. Perhaps it is for this reason I’m more sensitive to the issue. Hasn’t…
Experience: Wind and Water
I was 13 years old when I started surfing. In those days, I was too young to drive and only made it out to the beach when I could beg a ride from one of my sister’s boyfriends or convince my parents to take me. Eventually I made enough friends who…
Who Taught You to Write?
I get asked this question, or some form of it, often. It seems to be one of the “stock” interview questions people have. The dark reaches of my mind think colleges or just their professors slip a few bucks to interviewers hoping they will steer the answer towards “I enrolled…