September 11, 2001

I’ve had two days at home and it is time to start moving around.  It is a beautiful Georgia day, low humidity with a hint of fall in the crisp air.  I make some jasmine tea, sit down on the sofa.  The fragrance of blueberry muffins fill the house.  This is the perfect life.  Maybe I’ll go play some golfContinue reading “September 11, 2001”

A Shopping Story

  I have exactly four hours to find the right shoes for Andy’s wedding and get back to the hotel before Netjets sends me my brief.  I can’t believe they won’t let me just go home, but a night out in Atlanta isn’t all bad. My new friend Steven is picking me up at theContinue reading “A Shopping Story”

Aviation and Gender Bias

I learned to fly to fly before I learned to drive.  Going to the airport and getting in a plane is as normal to me as getting in a car is to anyone else. I started to work when I was 13 years old and saved every penny I made to pay for my flying. Continue reading “Aviation and Gender Bias”

Aviation and Gender Bias

I learned to fly to fly before I learned to drive.  Going to the airport and getting in a plane is as normal to me as getting in a car is to anyone else. I started to work when I was 13 years old and saved every penny I made to pay for my flying. Continue reading “Aviation and Gender Bias”

Summer, 1973 – The Job From Hell

My father is furious.  My mother is ready to kill me.  Daddy’s gone through the time on the engine and my mother has gone through her gas card receipts and they know what I’ve been up to.  My weekly trips to the beach have to stop.  I’ll never forgive the line boy at the MyrtleContinue reading “Summer, 1973 – The Job From Hell”