RV-6 30th anniversary formation and West Coast Ravens at EAA AirVenture
Want to know the coolest thing in the world? Watching your favorite person kick ass achieving a major goal. In my case, …
EAA AirVenture airshow awesomeness
In addition to boasting airplanes everywhere, with arrivals and overflights at all hours, a fantastic feature of AirVenture at Oshkosh is the …
Late summer, in snapshots
Although it’s very nearly pumpkin time, the sudden spike of Sacramento heat has me thinking about the lovely last bits of summer. …
The definition of magenta
Happy Saturday, all! “Where flowers bloom, so does hope” –Lady Bird Johnson xoxo, shawna NaBloPoMo May 2015 May 1– To selfie or not …
Making a SacStatement
Whenever I teach about organizational culture, I start by asking students to identify important elements of their school culture like physical artifacts, …
Fly Girl in Training: Finding my feet in the Decathlon
We were at 3,000 feet practicing steep turns, stalls, and slow flight, me knocking six months of rust off when I remarked …
The color and texture of spring
Although I’m feeling trepidation at another painful drought year, I’m relishing the color and texture of early spring in Sacramento. …
Becoming a crazy bird lady
The sun is shining on a chilly spring day. A breeze cuts through tall grasses as 15-year-old me tromps through the wetlands …
A post-Christmas, pre-New Year’s jaunt to New York
We enjoyed a beautiful but frigid visit to New York City, post-Christmas and pre-New Year’s. Since most of our family lives in …
Thursday 13: Confessions, volume VIII, the Fall edition
For the first time in months and months, I woke up to the sound of rain in Sacramento. Aside from a smidge …