I won the lottery this week. Not the Georgia Lottery, but one even better than that. I’d have to play the lottery to actually win, and I can’t really see the value in that. This week, I got to spend time with my mom, I introduced one of our grandsons to one of our favorite books,Continue reading “Winning the Lottery”
Category Archives: life choices
Tribute to an old friend
His name doesn’t matter. I found an old resume of mine, and I’m talking really old, and he was listed as a reference. We lost touch at least 33 years ago, but this dear friend was important enough to have been listed on my resume on my initial job searches in Atlanta. He didn’t wantContinue reading “Tribute to an old friend”
The Saga of the Sink, or Why I Believe in Design
Anyone who knows me well knows I have a low threshold for certain normal things. I can handle a jet or a DC-3 losing an engine, but household things confound me. What to wear is a huge decision. I’m not good at it. I am easily overwhelmed by choices and decisions that a normal personContinue reading “The Saga of the Sink, or Why I Believe in Design”
Remembering
“Four shirts, four pairs of pants, a snow machine suit, and I’m still cold.” Thus began my journal, on this this day in 2000. I was in Fairbanks, Alaska, flying a 1946 McDonald Douglas DC-4 delivering fuel to remote villages. This contract pilot stent may very well be the craziest thing I’ve ever done andContinue reading “Remembering”
Women in the Cockpit
I am a pilot. I learned to fly to fly before I learned to drive. I started to work when I was 13 years old and saved every penny I made to pay for my flying. It was my dad’s airplane, but I had to pay for part of it. That’s who he was –Continue reading “Women in the Cockpit”
Dr. Suzanne Minarcine 