At the edge of an airplane dooor
At the edge of an airplane door ready to let go I can feel my whole life like a piece of quartz in my hand lsc I've found nothing [...]
Seconds from Death; The Evolution of Sport Skydiving in America
Seconds from Death - a memoir and a documentary film Photo memory of a balloon jump Bob and I made in Steamboat Springs, in 1987, on a cold, still morning [...]
Altitude is your friend
In 1981 I made my first skydive, a static line deployment at Skies West, a sport skydiving center in Loveland, Colorado. That experience radically changed my life in ways [...]
The Versatile Blogger
Versatile Blogger Award My writing-friend, Antoine Vanner, author of The Dawlish Chronicles, thrilling naval-based fiction set in the "heyday of British Empire," nominated me as a "versatile blogger." Antoine's [...]
Tell Your Story; part 2
Tell your Story (continued from yesterday's post) Nursing made me a better writer because it gave me a subject other than myself to write about. A different perspective. It gave [...]
My love affair with skydiving
On a spring day in 1981 I made my first parachute jump under an old military T-10: A big round olive green 'chute blossoming over my head just seconds after letting go of the strut [...]