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Joy, Prayer, Gratitude, Love — and Maybe Coffee: My Secret Recipe for a Good Life
What are the most important things needed to live a good life? Everybody these days is trying to crack the code for living a good life. You can’t scroll two thumb flicks without some…
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The Book That Launched a Thousand Daydreams
Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? Everyone has that one childhood book—you know, the one that’s more duct tape than paper by the end, with pages so worn they feel more like…
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Stillness of Splendor
A delicate poem spun from silk and sunlight, urging a hurried world to pause its journey—losing itself in her quiet splendor…
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The Battle of Midway Begins
This day in history, June 4, 1942, America’s back was against the wall. Just six months after the devastation of Pearl Harbor, the battered U.S. Navy faced a formidable enemy once more. Three lone…
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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina — First Contact
I blame the 1976 movie The Battle of Midway for my childhood obsession with the PBY Catalina. The moment that lumbering, majestic flying boat made first contact with the enemy on screen—I was hooked!…
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Turns Out, War and Peace Makes a Great Password
Okay, so I came into work the other day, barely caffeinated and already contemplating a fake fire drill just to go home early. I open my inbox and there it is: an email from…
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Happy First Flight Anniversary to the Cessna 170
On June 1, 1948, a little piece of aviation history lifted off the runway for the very first time—Happy Birthday to the Cessna 170! 🥳 It didn’t break the sound barrier. It didn’t carry…
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Time’s Enchanted Hour
Beneath the tapestry of clouds, the world pauses—breathless, enchanted—so even time might admire the most poetic hour…
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When the Weather Says FU: A Pilot’s Guide to Smoking Hot METARs
Aviation is full of strange codes and abbreviations. METARs—those snazzy weather reports pilots pretend to understand—are chock-full of them. There’s BR for mist, TS for thunderstorms (terrifying stuff), and my personal favorite: FU for…
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