Radiance, Love, Discernment, Power, & Leadership
I’ve got probably 600 flights or more under my wing as a solo paraglider pilot. I’ve reached a level of unconscious competence that’s nice to be able to draw upon when I need it. But having just started learning to fly a tandem wing, with a passenger, I…
Despite having well over 500 flights under my wing, I’ve never really gone cross-country, unless you consider landing at the Issaquah high-school, which hardly counts. Many are the times when I've launched in close proximity to the “big boys” (or Merydeth), only to be left in the dust…
I am a tree. I do not struggle to reconnect with the ground, for it is always connected to me, and if ever that were not the case, I would cease to be. Nor do I struggle in my efforts to be seen, to grow, to bring forth…
Today was my first paragliding flight as a tandem pilot. My "passenger" was Drew McNab, who is a tandem instructor. Unlike when learning to drive, especially if your instructor had dual controls, the tandem instructor can only do so much if the student pilot screws up. That, and…
Where are you from? It's a question to be answered on so many levels... Where are you from, as an opening for a gargantuan question of purpose and direction. What is the journey you are on now? Where are you on that journey? Have you alway been on…
First off, let me preface this story by asserting that this never happened... But it is a dream that I have had on several occasions, and I thought I would share it for the purpose of seeing a) if this is a dream other pilots have had, b)…
As part of a training program this past weekend, we had a rather odd exercise. The task was to find three strangers, and to give each of them a dollar. Also, to find three other strangers, and to ask for and receive a dollar. There was a mixture…
Today was a very good day for flying. I was sitting in the office, looking out the windows at the clouds, and knew that I had to find a way to escape from work. By 3pm, the forces of cloud-suck were far too great, and I left early.…
At some point, we've all had at least one event that literally scared us something fierce, but today’s was definitely a first for me. It happened as I stepped into a port-o-potty in a park that I visit quite frequently. No sooner had the spring-loaded door slammed behind…
I may have inadvertently discovered how to create a flying instrument that works as an artificial horizon. It is suitable for ensuring straight and level flight for those times we get sucked into low visibility environments. It's completely free, uses no batteries, and runs completely on water. This…