My Father's Flight from the Nazis
The year before my father left his home in Vienna, Austria he had a decisive experience with Nazi Sturmabteilung (Storm Troopers, known...
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- Feb 4
- 3 min
Reminiscences of a 70 Year-Old
1993 was a life-changing year for me. Having "worked my way up the corporate ladder" for 18 years, I came to grips with how unhappy I was...
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- Oct 19, 2022
- 4 min
Tale of a Vietnam-Era Helicopter Pilot
I am privileged to serve as a volunteer at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in NYC. It gives me the opportunity to meet fascinating...
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- Oct 8, 2021
- 5 min
Pilots Register Here
On October 8, 1991, exactly 30 years ago today, I flew my Cessna 172 Skyhawk to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina - the birthplace of...
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- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
A Brief History of US Navy Yard Oiler YOG-34
I didn’t know anything about this ship - until I paddled past its wreck yesterday in New York’s Arthur Kill Boat Graveyard. It was so sad...
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- Aug 16, 2021
- 7 min
Halting the Symptoms of Meniere's Disease
5 Real Science-Based Solutions That May Work For You Some Background I've lived with this awful disorder for over 35 years. For most of...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 37 min
My Flight Around the World
This is a record of my real-time journey around the world via Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. My pictures in this blog are best viewed...
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- Dec 25, 2020
- 3 min
Quick & Easy Meditation
Almost anyone can achieve a form of simple meditation without a lot of training. If you’re stressed and you need help now, here are some...
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- Aug 21, 2020
- 3 min
Computer Memories
In 1981 IBM produced the first commercially successful Personal Computer. It ran MS-DOS as an operating system (Windows had not even been...
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- Dec 1, 2019
- 3 min
My Beautiful Mom, the Artist
Among many other things, my mother, Gabriele Ilse Feuchtwanger was an artist and designer. In the 1950's and 1960's she designed and...
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- Nov 4, 2019
- 1 min
Simple Choice for Your Next Car
Four major companies have agreed to abide by the strict air quality standards set by California. They are: 1. Ford (Lincoln) 2. Honda...
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- Jun 27, 2019
- 30 min
TF Goes to England
This is a pretty comprehensive chronology of my experiences in and around London in June 2019. Pick and choose what you'd like, or just...
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- Feb 13, 2018
- 4 min
How to Repair Washington
The men who wrote the Constitution of the United States were hard-working, brilliant and brave. Our Constitution is a model for other...
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- Mar 13, 2017
- 10 min
Motorcycle Musings
This is: an autobiography, a short course in modern social history, and mostly a half-century of the passion I've had for a special...
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- Sep 13, 2016
- 2 min
"In a Determined Way"
Recently I met an interesting man while I was doing my Introduction speech for tourists about to board the USS Growler at the Intrepid...
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- Sep 9, 2016
- 2 min
Roscoe Brown, David Dinkins & Me
Hmmmm, how can these three people be connected? Well, I was working on the USS Intrepid this morning, as I do once a week as a volunteer....
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- Aug 9, 2016
- 2 min
Depression Compassion
Three months ago I suffered a trauma. While the physical effects were manageable, the emotional ones were something else all together....
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- Oct 24, 2015
- 3 min
A Remarkable Man
Larry MIller is a sweet old gentleman who I occasionally have the pleasure of sitting and talking with at a little plaza outside my...
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- Oct 7, 2015
- 2 min
Memories at Barnes & Noble
My wife and I stopped at our local Barnes & Noble last night to look for some workbooks for our three-year-old grandsons. It was the...
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