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The chilly April wind rippled the grass and the edges of the canopy that had been erected at the end of Runway 12 where the crowd of dignitaries, curiosity-seekers and a bunch of mostly-gray-headed men congregated. Rather than deal with the solemn speechifying by the town mayor and several state officials, I hunkered down behind the grill that my flying club had set up nearby and proceeded to make hot dogs for the crowd. Our club had been grilling hot dogs at every fly-in and kids-fly-free day we’d held, so it felt only right to offer up a final sacrament of charred tube steak in memory of the place that had been home to so many of our adventures and dreams. The day we’d all been long dreading had finally arrived as the little grass strip airport that we all loved was finally being closed to make room for a soccer field.

Twin Pines Airport (known on aeronautical charts as N75) was ...  -- Click Here to Read More >>

Raising a pre-teen girl in an overly-affluent New Jersey suburb, without the tranquilizing effect of cable or satellite TV, is not an activity for the faint of heart. These days, it seems like most of our evenings are split between helping our daughter Anwyn cope with the oppressive homework load her 6th grade teachers routinely dish out and dodging the worst effects of her hormone-amplified mood swings. Despite it all, Anwyn’s basic good nature manages to poke up above the emotional maelstrom often enough to remind us that she’s still the daughter we love and to give us a precious hour or two of (relatively) peaceful, tantrum-free family fun time.

Strangely, one of the things she loves to do with me is sit at the kitchen table helping fix whatever household gadgets have found themselves on the injured list that week. She’s always been good with tools, having, at the age of four, learned the difference between a Phillips and a flathead screwdriver as she he...  -- Click Here to Read More >>

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