National Blog Posting Month on BlogHer: Okay, I’m in
I forgot my blog birthday. Again. I didn’t write about our third anniversary. It took me a month to opine about flying …
A grateful heart: Creative students
Head cold. Repeat root canal. Major case of student plagiarism. To say that last week was rough is an understatement. So on …
Fly Girl in Training: On flying completely solo for the first time
Unlike supervised solos (my very first was at Yolo County Airport in July) around the pattern where an instructor watches from the …
A grateful heart: Just another root canal
Positively medieval these root canal instruments. I clapped for the dentist today. No, more specifically, I applauded when the endodontist I was seeing …
To OSH or bust! EAA AirVenture 2013 in photos, part 2
Greetings from the desert! Literally, I’m writing from Phoenix today, and also from that desperately dry patch between big aviation events where …
Thursday 13: End of Summer snapshot
Cheeks puffed out, lips pursed, I grumped at Mr. T. (Yes, “grumped” is a verb in our house.) “One too many biscuits,” …
If I should die tomorrow
I stared at the onion rings as I said it. “Now, don’t read into this,” I began. We’d just gone flying, me …
Fly Girl in Training: Landing on a grass strip
The grass strip runway. It appeared as little more than a plowed dry field because it was little more than a plowed …
A Grateful Heart: First day of school rituals
One back-to-school ritual is to visit my new classrooms. I wear entirely too much black to work with chalkboards, but alas. (Pictured: …
An Olive Garden knock-off: Lightened up creamy garlic pasta
This 25 minute creamy cheesy garlic pasta reminds me of the Olive Garden pasta that accompanies their chicken scampi, which, incidentally, is …