All in a day’s work

Some backstory is needed for this.  On Wednesday my airplane owner partner, Mason, slammed at his SwimLabs business, asked if I could help by returning a tech consultant named Al that he’d brought down from the Bay Area.  Let’s see, a fair weather day, and my professional aviation chops are needed to fly to San Francisco?  Oh, twist my arm. This provided another opportunity—I…

A birthday present for Rea

My mom, Rea Close, was born on March 4, 1905 in, or near Chappell, Nebraska.  I say near, because my grandparents had a farm.  Grandpa was also a banker, so they may well have had a house in town.  In either case, it is a very small place, (2012 population 943; 13 square blocks) in the SW corner of the state, located between the…

Wintertime along the shore

As you likely know, I am taken with sunsets and sunrises.  Around here, in Del Mar, the best of those are in the winter.  January ended and February began with some nice, but not extravagant sunsets worth savoring.  This is a panorama, composed of four separate images hinting at the effectively 180 degree scope of the view from the cliff top bluff, from La…