Stirrings from the empty nest

Click for a larger image. Patrick and I played what is probably our last golf game of the summer. And perhaps one of the reasons why I'm...

One of Carolie and my favorite pasttimes is taking pictures of people who might not be in their most -- shall we say -- positive light. One ...

Every now and again, I get slapped in the face by the confirmation that I'm changing; swept into a different dimension by technology. No...

I have returned to Minnesota after a two-day drive back from Fitchburg, Massachusetts with a stop overnight in Napoleon, Ohio. My mother tol...

Since he died in February 2004, nobody has done much in "the little room," the workshop of my father in the barn just down the str...

The great Eastern vacation has moved to the homestead in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. My mother, bless her heart, was just telling me about the...

I suppose it's time to get back to the business of this column, musings on life from the empty nest. My wife and I arrived at Newark...

You know how I said I had a feeling I'd break 100 golfing during this trip. Well, I haven't, at least so far. But I came close. Toda...

I may never take the interstate highway system again. I arrived in the Berkshires last night after a two-day drive from Minnesota, learning ...

I'm heading out in the morning for the road trip back East. I'm planning on taking back roads through most of the trip and have sele...

OK, just one more post regarding Oshkosh. Aero News Network today published a story about the BBQ I hosted there.

I didn't get a chance to take any pictures from the big Oshkosh barbecue I hosted during AirVenture. But a few folks did and they're...

The temperatures pushed well into the 90s today, but I headed out to the flight line area anyway, an area of red-hot blacktop. Good thing, t...

Thursday July 27, 2006 Over the years at Oshkosh, there've been several times when my jaw has dropped and my breath has been taken away....

Another day at Oshkosh. I lost my digital camera today. Rats.

Not much new in the farmfields of Oshkosh. The actual show opened this morning and I went down for a little while and took in one forum on a...

I signed up for a T-Mobile hotspot account so I can have network access if I don't mind sitting in a baking parking lot for a few minute...

The audio from the Policy and a Pint session last Thursday has now been posted on the MPR site . Click the link on that page that says ...

Summer at my house hits its peak when it's time to head to Oshkosh for the Experimental Aircraft Association annual AirVenture . For one...

Well, Patrick's graduation party went pretty well, all things considered. Not a lot of people, but a healthy dose and with the weather i...