Student Pilot Terrors

Student Pilot Terrors

FIRST TIME OUT ALONE “Oh please God, I’m lost,” I whimpered. As I write this, I’m a student pilot again. Remembering, my palms go cold and slippery with sweat. It was solo time again – this time to fly away from home. I hoped. Puffed up with bravado, I pleaded with my...
My Friend Anne

My Friend Anne

The woman who once staffed our Princeton post office, the pivotal citizen in the gathering place of our country town, is gone. Anne Mason, postmistress to a generation, was days ago struck down by an ugly, fast attack of cancer. Annie was a woman of her times, a...
Body Man

Body Man

WHERE DID THE BODY MAN GO? In bygone years, as people aged and got wobbly and dotty, there were well-muscled care-givers who were like a handy man. I remember one named “Will” who used to chase after old lady “Hen” who lived on the Chesapeake Bay.  An elderly...
Guardian Angel Mexicano

Guardian Angel Mexicano

Guardian Angel Mexicano, Jorge Guardian angels can come anywhere you need them. High overhead fireworks gloriously crackled and thundered, blowing apart in streaming sparks. Stars and tiny moons were bursting, flaring, and exotic ovals of tiny lights were wobbling and...
Close Call Cat

Close Call Cat

The Close Call Cat   “What’s that?” asked my son. He was in the right passenger seat, peering through cupped hands at the plane’s generator warning light in front of him. We were flying over the sound, from Martha’s VIneyard to the mainland. I leaned over, saw...
Paris… I remember Paris

Paris… I remember Paris

PARIS, the last time… Paris, my heart is breaking. My heart was young and gay… so was yours. Will it ever be again? I think mine will not. It’s aching for your terrible bloodbath, one that never should have happened. The magical city of my teens has erupted, perhaps...