Embers Book Launch

I’m still recovering. Many thanks to all those who helped organize and execute the official Embers Book Launch. The turnout was exceptional, with some people standing in the back of the venue. People came from all over. For a book launch. I was humbled. We did all the standard things: First, I read from the…Read More

Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse. OR…

The original quote appears to date from 1947. Willard Motley wrote it in his novel Knock on Any Door. For years, I subscribed to that quote. Fighter pilot, test pilot, motorcycle rider, skydiver. Life was best lived upside down at the speed of sound (or faster).  I looked at old people and thought, “That’s not…Read More