Musings of an Intrepid Commuter

Hi, it's been a while, I know.  I'm having severe withdrawals from blogging.  On the other hand, I've been experiencing a fantas...

    Had a flying lesson today.   Didn't turn out so well.      Turns out wicked-fast black FJR's and jets are more di...

New Opportunity and Challenge It is finally official and I can now share it with you.  I am making a career change. Hopefully it will be m...

Glad it didn't turn out THIS way! Recently Beemergirl  found herself in a sticky situation.  Fortunately, all turned out well in the e...

Deep appreciation! Instead of making a reply comment on the last post I decided to do this post.  My reasoning is that I wanted everyone t...

End of an Era. My grandmother passed away last week at the age of 92.  Old age and cancer finally got her down on the ground and in a stra...

Lessons and Tests II Having completed some business in downtown Portland I pointed Elvira east.  The place Robert had specified for our fi...

The Water's HOW Deep? I'm inserting this post in here out of sequence.  The second half of the last post will have to wait.  Weath...

Testing before the lesson. On a cold winter morning recently I set out for Portland to have coffee with Robert.  He has been kind enough t...

Something Different Ok.  Time to shake off   the lethargy and get to work.  It's not a stupor in the usual sense.  It's more like ...

I'm posting this here with the blessing of Pat Hahn, who is the Communications Manager for our training program. That's Pat in the...

Don't be "derailed!" A while back I shared the three guiding principles I ride by. One of those is " Riding with Purpos...

Cocky with a camera. The day dawned with the reluctance of a hung-over person getting ready for work.  No sick days left.  The Boss won...