Author Archives: Wright Flyer Guy

Remembering my dear friend, a masterful musician and clarinet teacher, and my adventure cohort, Susan Lynn Cook, on what would have been her 74th birthday. Continue to make your beautiful music….

I’ve not been to my favorite Chinese haunt in months. Tonight, I feasted on Chinese food and went to see PENGUIN LESSONS, an absolutely delightful movie. Reflections seem to be everywhere whilst walking through The Oregon District.

CHIEF, 14.5 years old Chief gets several photos because he is my camera-shy dog and I have to capture him from different angles. He moves slowly due to his aching hips and joints, but he is ever present in the … Continue reading →

Last week, while shopping and eating lunch, I had some spare time to visit Dairy Queen before grabbing the bus. At the counter, I ordered a Peanut Buster Parfait and asked if it could be made with caramel rather than … Continue reading →

On this date, Thursday, April 7, 2005, the oldest three sons, Joshua, Matthew, Jose, and I were in Washington, DC for Speing break. Our Spring break trips were the boys’ corporate Christmas gift. Instead of standing in a four-hour line … Continue reading →

Mother was born on a warm Spring Friday morning on April 6, 1945 at Mercy Hospital in Elwood, Indiana. Six days later, my grandmother was walking the halls for exercise and heard the Nuns sobbing as they gathered around a … Continue reading →

It’s now the fifth month anniversary of Joshua’s passing. Five seconds… five minutes… five hours… five days… five weeks… five months… five years… the heart aches are seldom relieved and missing him begins when I awake and seldom diminishes until … Continue reading →

Today, April 4th, is the wedding anniversary of my mother and birth father, Diana Kay Barmes and Danny Lee Jolliff.

These two pooches make me laugh and give me so much pleasure as I watch their playful antics. On the deck this afternoon, Chief and Erma received their first post winter fur brushing. As usual, the very short haired Harrigan … Continue reading →

I finally fell into a welcomed deep sleep by 3 AM. For the most part, the pooches were calm and Erma, who has always been fearful of storms, sat beside my bed where I let my arm hang over the … Continue reading →

Since childhood, I have loved the month of April for its cornucopia of history. Here is a list of history and the birthdates of famous people. April 1, 1865 – During the American Civil War, Confederate troops of General George Pickett were … Continue reading →

Here are some photos from March 31, 2011 with Navi & Chief. They arrived at The Haasienda on February 20, 2011. Chief is now fourteen years old. Navi passed away in December 2013.

The “airport runway lighting” is always pretty at night. I hated moving or destroying exterior solar lights when I needed to trim the weeds or grass, so I cut PVC pipes into different sizes, spray painted them, pounded them into … Continue reading →

These are two photos were taken from the Donors’ Lounge balcony at Dayton’s Schuster Center for the Performing Arts, looking down to The Winter Garden.

Mother purchased some Spring flowers from my nephew, Parker Haas, when he was in kindergarten and gave me quite a few. They are the first flowers to Spring up every year and I look forward to, and appreciate their yearly … Continue reading →

On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan, then president of the United States, was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as Reagan was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton hotel. I left … Continue reading →

I started with BOOK OF MORMON at The Schuster Center and walked across the street to The Loft Theatre for The Human Race Theatre Company’s production of CAMELOT. Camelot is a musical with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics and a book by Alan Jay Lerner. … Continue reading →

This is my third and final night to house manage THE BOOK OF MORMON. I love this show and will miss hearing the music and watching a few snippets. My next assignment is across the street The Loft Theatre for … Continue reading →

House managing balcony, house right. Great volunteer|ushers and some terrific patrons enjoying themselves. This is my view of the house right balcony, looking west and then east.

One of my favorite musicals. The first time this production toured through Dayton, I was seated with my sons and several friends. There were two songs in the production that I didn’t recall hearing and asked my friends if they … Continue reading →