I knew this guy who, several times a week, would suddenly make this announcement, “Attitude check!” That never meant much to me until I began to have some friends who are private pilots. Up to that point, the only pilot I knew was, you know, Pontius....

I was on an airplane flight from Chicago to Newark, and suddenly the pilot came on and he said, “You may have noticed that we are not going East any more, we’re headed North. We’re going to have to make an emergency landing in Detroit.”...

Some of the most exciting moments heard in the history of the U.S. space program were these: “3…2…1…Liftoff!” In the beginning, the Gemini and Apollo rockets, and then later the space shuttles. You could see the blazing fire lifting...

Our babies were all born in nice, warm hospitals. But with the frigid weather systems that blew across the country, you know, last winter and just about every winter, I can’t imagine a baby being born outside…on a city street, no less. But that’s...

A new staff couple had just arrived with their U-Haul truck, moving to our area from the Southwest. And a bunch of us were there to meet them and help them move into their apartment. Our then-four-year-old grandson insisted on joining the moving crew. I was inside...