Stop Whining and Get Back In The Game

My job is to sit on my butt and make up engaging and publishable stories, a job of which I’m lucky and privileged to have for the past 35 years. Exercise was not at the top of my activity list: exercise doesn’t pay as much as writing. I am a private pilot, so every 2 […]

Video from the Skymaster

I have always enjoyed watching videos shot from small airplanes, both outside and inside the cockpit. Along with the “you are there” vibe, I’m interested in the technology: the cameras, camera mounts, audio, narration, and video editing. So you readers will be my Guinea pigs: I’m going to share my video projects with you as […]

Sorry folks

Sorry to leave for so long for my readers. The loss of my son Hunter has been incredibly hard but I’m ready to get back into the action. What is in your minds, folks? I have plenty to say but I’d rather respond to my loyal readers.

Today’s Self-Inspection

My Civil Air Patrol guys did great today on my squadron’s self-inspection: an overall Successful evaluation, 3 Commendable reports, and just 2 discrepancies, 1 of which was cleared up before the inspectors departed. My big takeaway: events, activities, and products of all kinds need to be documented. If we do good things, others need to […]

Syrian refugees in the U.S. –what could go wrong?

My head is exploding. Pres. Obama is authorizing 10,000 Syrian refugees to enter the United States in the next 6 weeks??!! The refugees are largely undocumented because…well, they are REFUGEES, escaping a politically dangerous environment with little but the clothes on their back. The U.S. is amenable to protecting political refugees, but in order to […]

Mobilize NATO NOW!

The best idea I’ve heard in the past day or so following the Islamist terror attacks in Paris last week: invoke Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization charter, which says that an attack on one member is an attack on all; build a Desert Storm-sized military coalition; and march into Syria and Iraq, […]

Challenging day of flying

I flew a pilot proficiency flight yesterday, flying into unfamiliar airports and busy Class B airspace (surrounding the country’s busiest airports), just to challenge myself a little and get comfortable in flying in these areas. As the accident report often states: “everything was normal and routine until…” I approached the destination airport. On approach I […]

My choice for President: Gov. Chris Christie

I look at qualifications and I look for passion when voting for President. There’s only one candidate that has both: Governor Chris Christie. Jeb Bush has the qualifications, but he lacks the passion. He looks like a guy forced to run for president. I like Sen. Marco Rubio but he is a little short of […]

La Jolla Writers Conference this coming weekend!!

I’ll be a presenter at the 15th anniversary of the La Jolla Writers Conference this weekend in San Diego (check out http://lajollawritersconference.com/schedule/). I was at the very first conference way back when, when it really was in La Jolla, CA, and I couldn’t resist being part of this anniversary event. The founder and originator of […]