Stirrings from the empty nest

Carolie and I had our anniversary night out tonight. I bought tickets last month for tonight's Brian Setzer (and his orchestra) concert ...

A few years ago -- 2004, if I recall -- Carolie and the boys headed East for a celebration of some sort with her folks in the Berkshires and...

Famed RV-6A builder/pilot Alex Peterson (you may have seen his aerobatic video here ) is like Batman. I -- and I guess this makes me "t...

Panorama of October in the Berkshire Hills on CleVR.com

REMARKS AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DON THURSTON Sunday October 11, 2009 Delivered by Bob Collins I am deeply honored to be asked by ...

My father in law, Don Thurston, is dying and now that I've written it, it looks worse in print than in my head. Carolie has gone back Ea...

We went to the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (we're members) last spring and I got some ideas for the gardens. Lots of pu...

I got some nice coverage of a tour of college campuses from the magazine of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. It's ...

If I could pick one place to be today, I guess this would be it. On my brother's porch overlooking Cape Cod Bay. I probably wouldn't...

I left Oshkosh yesterday morning and have returned home. Unfortunately, I didn't get to say goodbye to the half dozen or so people who a...

You can't throw a rear spar down the street in the campground at Oshkosh and not hit an RV builder and/or pilot. I met Jim Davis, right,...

We had about 100 people -- I'd guess -- at the scaled-down annual get-together of RV builders at Oshkosh. For all of the glitz and glam...

It was a real thrill to see a skywriter write "Welcome, RV airplane builders" today. Unfortunately, the school levy up here failed...

It's probably worth pointing out that the presumed pilot is Terry Lutz, a former Northwest Airlines pilot and proud builder and owner of...

I started out today taking some pictures of RVs to share, then I got sidetracked. I'll go back and add some later on... LUNCH WITH LANE ...

I'm realizing after three days here that I really don't have that much to do this year. Most of what I need to buy for the RV I...

Vern and Tommy, from Peachtree, Georgia, arrived yesterday, navigating a front that has extended from Iowa across the middle of the country....

We amateur economists -- and these days, what economists aren't amateurs? -- have been figuring we'd use AirVenture as one of the b...

Around 7 this morning, Rich Emery stopped by to help me get the canopy up before the wind came up. We got it up and the wind followed shortl...

I'm heading over to Oshkosh this afternoon. I'll post some items when I get there. And, yes, I will be doing Ask the Dummy in the Ca...