Flying….A Close Call
Sunday, October 4th, 2009The Gentleman writes: I have been asked if flying an airplane is easy. My response normally is, anything can be easy if you know how. My flying experiences span thirty two years and needless to say, as the title indicates, there are always situations...
Pride: Beware Of It!
Sunday, October 4th, 2009Many relationships are damaged and severed because of pride. Families get divisive because of pride and enmity. I know that pride is a sin and it is often misunderstood. I remember when I was a little girl, my parents would always remind me and my...
Stand Up For Something or Not
Friday, October 2nd, 2009The Gentleman writes: During my recent travels, my wife and I spent a couple of nights with my brother and his wife in a small town in Southern Alberta. It is a peaceful spot on a small lake which has an island in the middle. It is a nesting site for...
Attitude Is A Choice
Friday, October 2nd, 2009My husband and I just ended our three weeks travel to meet his family and to see the beautiful sights of Canada. I have discovered so many things and got a very good education about the country which is going to be home for me for the rest of my life....
The Hard And Trying Times
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009I am still in a state of unbelief! I am in Canada with a new beginning and a fresh start. I am very happy and content and realize that life is very good and easy. I am grateful and humbled at where I am now and who I am. Being married to my husband...
Home Again
Friday, August 14th, 2009The Gentleman Writes: I am finally back in Canada and how sweet it is. In a previous piece I wrote about my ‘Confinement’. That was difficult enough, and dangerous enough for me, but after my release things really got interesting, and in some...
Flying In The Bush II
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009In Bush I, the focus was on the fire inside the airplane. The next morning, I was to fly a government guy, his wife and an old time trapper to Ft. McPherson. It was so cold, at least a -40C and at those temperatures, you have to make sure you can maintain...
Flying In The Bush I
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009The Gentleman writes: There was an unemployment problem for me at times after the air force, and work was hard to find. Through a friend of mine, I contacted the operator of a small aircraft charter service in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. This place...
I Am Elderly… Who Says I Can Not Be Romantic?
Monday, July 13th, 2009I have reached the ripe age of fifty and it dawned on me that in another ten years, I shall be considered an elderly. Wow! I will be having special privileges because I will be a senior citizen. Ain’t that grand! I will receive my monthly pension...
Confined!
Friday, July 10th, 2009I have been in the Philippines for the past six weeks, intending to wait until my wife’s immigration papers are approved. About two weeks ago, on a very warm day I got caught in a rain shower. No big deal, right? Not too much time went by and all...