Shiny Things aren’t exactly mirages, because if a glint catches your eye there is almost always something there, it just usually turns...

We made a couple more trips into the gold fields under my tutelage without, I confess, much success. That’s when Moe—and I should have...

Moe and I had somewhat of a misfire on our first prospecting trip, mistaking what is appropriately called ‘fool’s gold’ for the real...

Long, long ago, in a galaxy not far away…I spent my days off prospecting California’s gold country where thousands of eager 49ers had...

Photo by Withanee Andersen Milligan So there I was, standing in my backyard looking at the clouds—which I often do between snacks—and...

I haven’t seen a time clock in decades—don’t even know if they’re still being used—but I can say, with all sincerity, that I’ve never...

In composing these things—I don’t really know what to call them—I sometimes spend what seems an inordinate amount of time looking for...

And so I unexpectedly became the semi-proud owner of one half of one airplane, which, being a 1946 Taylorcraft, wasn’t a whole lot to...

Pictured above: A 1946 Taylorcraft similar to Litster's, with fewer blemishes. After I tired of brandishing my Private Pilot’s license to...

It seemed I was always tense when piloting an aircraft. Never did I get entirely comfortable with it, which appears to be the difference...