I’m going to put Steve’s birthday/flying lesson post on hold for a few days since he won’t be able to take his lesson till later this week.  …

We drove out to the airport this morning for Steve’s Birthday Gift Flying Lesson but unfortunately, the weather had a few plans of its own. Clouds and rain made an appearance and put a kabosh on Steve’s plans to take to the sky. However, he did get to do a pre-flight walk around and talk planes with the instructor for a while so he was…

Writing a blog post on a back porch surrounded by the greenest lawns on the planet and the serenading of a plethora of birds is no kind of hardship. The only thing that would make this perfect is Summer tucked in beside me.…

Greetings from Portage, Wisconsin!   Today I am going to take a meandering drive through the lovely Wisconsin countryside, back to the town where I grew up. I will have a full tank of gas, no deadlines to keep, and Mr. Nikon riding shotgun.…