When you’re losing.

Alas, I failed to obtain victory in the last round of the board game of The Settlers of Catan. And, the nature of me being prone to unwilling to accept loss gracefully, I knew something had to be done. First, of course, there was the “Settlers of Catan Win-Win Trophy” jar, which was instituted recently. [...]

Rubber bands.

The Saturday meeting in Carrington became almost secondary once I decided that I would fly there. I haven’t done a solo cross country flight since my checkride back in October 2008. And, I hadn’t flown in dad’s airplane by myself yet. Due to a seemingly jinxed spate of little mechanical issues with the plane over [...]

Giving shape.

From the Writer’s Almanac, July 25th: On the way home a plane drops from the sky, the wing shearing her roof of her car, killing her instantly. Here is a death, it could happen to any of us. Her husband will struggle the rest of his days to give shape to an event that does [...]