: About Me

I was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. I am the oldest of one brother and three sisters. My mother is retired. My father passed away in 1998.

I am a Vietnam Veteran.

I am still an American citizen, but have Canadian Landed Rights. I moved my sons and I to Salmon Arm, British Columbia Canada in 1994 via invitation

I have traveled most of the US and Canada, except for the far east Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories (NWT) and Alaska.

I hold a US and Canadian private pilot's license.

I have been in computers and electronics for 43-years.

My passion is ...

Flying, computers, working with wood, restoring my 84 Jaguar

I know too much about ...

computers

My parents always told me ...

Other than the Baptist teaching, we were more or less left alone to make our own decisions about life.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a pilot

My favorite memory ...

I don't have just one memory

Why I write ...

I started writing as a result of an incident involving my sons in 1989

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I have become a history buff, technology geek, military technology. Discovery, History, Flightpath, APTNW, and TLC cable channels, Military history

My first job ...

Sales clerk at an electronics parts store

My best moment ...

Taking the controls of a US Navy Trojan T-28

My inspiration ...

H. Ross Perot, Bill Clinton, Retired Gen, Colin Powell. Roger Ayles

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Flying with a toddler

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Title: Why God gave us Matthews As parents with multiple children, we all have that one child that for some reason or another increases the grey hairs. Later we look back when they leave the house for good and first thank God we made it that far and second thank God we didn't kill the kid along the way. I remember a Bill Cosby joke about a well dressed woman getting on a plane in New York City with a child. I believe the child's name was Matthew. By the time she reached San Francisco, everyone on the plane knew the child's name. With disheveled clothing, makeup askew and hair gone wild, wh...

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