American Con Games

The frail looking white haired woman waited, in the airline’s wheelchair, for pre-boarding for the flight from Houston to St. Louis.  She never smiled as the young airline worker took her onto the jet. At Lambert the woman again had Read More …

An Eight Foot Ladder

The other week the weather people predicted really nasty storms.  I knew the gutters needed cleaning, immediately. Right after I married I bought a six foot ladder.   The ladder came with us when we bought the house, and, back then Read More …

Gaming The Airline

With good friends, we escaped St. Louis for a week of extremely boring weather (81◦ to 84◦ every day, always sunny) in Key West. That meant trips through airports, and, living in St. Louis required flying Southwest Airline to get Read More …