Holy cow! I have been away from my writing for a while. It has been interesting for the last couple of years. I got swamped putting the tailwheel endorsement business together, and when I thought I would be returning to my blog, something interesting happened. I found a hangar home at a local airport. What followed was an incredible amount of jumping through hoops to sell one house and close on the hangar home. Hopefully, things will settle down, allowing me to return to my writing.
I found the new house almost by accident. Steve, the guy who was living in it, was a contractor who was building another house on an adjacent taxiway, so I knew he would be selling the house he was living in. For me, it is the perfect bachelor pad: two bedrooms, two baths, and a huge hangar.
Steve built this house two years ago and here is one of the nicest things about him moving around the corner and running his dogs down the taxiway on occasion. The two dogs, Kiley and Sandy, are four and two years-old respectively. Consequently, Kiley has lived half of her life in this house and Sandy has only known this house as her home.
While I was moving in with the help of others, a friend and I were assembling storage racks in the hangar. Suddenly, a cold and wet nose poked into the back of my arm and startled me from behind. Sandy was a very sneaky dog! It was the first time, and Steve was a bit embarrassed. I had to assure him I was not upset at all. Besides, I really liked those labradors. They’re the best pups! I always like it when they come by.
It has been an amazing two years. After creating AvEd Consulting LLC for the tailwheel business, I created a new website with a new blog. Since I had to start populating the flying blog, I focused my efforts there rather than on this blog. (If you want to check it out, you can find it at tailwheelcfi.com.)
Sandy, chasing butterfly shadows.
Starting the new business and combining it with the publishing business has been a fun adventure. BluewaterPress keeps me busy tracking and servicing books for all of the authors. While doing that, I am also trying to write my own books, of which I have two in progress.
I look forward to producing more books and working with more flight students. I still harbor the idea that I can sneak off on an occasional Sunday evening and catch a snook in the Intracoastal waterway.
