tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post4964214341213718887..comments2024-01-16T21:08:41.534-06:00Comments on On a Wing and a Whim: Due UpOn a Wing and a Whimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00754595334684845895noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-49196982906866894262013-04-15T02:20:33.362-05:002013-04-15T02:20:33.362-05:00We lost our helicopter pilot at work last summer. ...We lost our helicopter pilot at work last summer. As we come up on exploration season and the helicopter being back onsite I find myself thinking about him. He was a great pilot, and LOVED to fly. Several times I flew with him, and he always took the long route, and removed my door so I could get better photographs.Dave Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13638917785435765164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-92162660803524129082013-04-09T18:25:48.055-05:002013-04-09T18:25:48.055-05:00Hi,
Having lived in Alaska for 28 years I can say...Hi,<br /><br />Having lived in Alaska for 28 years I can say you captured the 'Adventure' very well. Alaska is different. <br /><br />I sent a few readers your way. Hope you don't mind. Please let me know if I invaded your revery.<br /><br />http://therealrevo.com/blog/?p=96604Jim22http://therealrevo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-45246054012830238642013-03-31T10:18:33.604-05:002013-03-31T10:18:33.604-05:00So beautifully said Miss. D. - I too have seen tha...So beautifully said Miss. D. - I too have seen that woman in her grief, more times than I wish to recall, the chill in the air as it passed through worn thin clothing, too light for the elements, simply donned without thought to cover the fragile nakedness which will be life left alone. The words halt, stop, start not yet comprehending, but speaking with only the volitional will to enure.<br /><br />But with words some remembrance, of lives gained and sometimes lost when nature, fate or simply the vagrancies of the wilderness can not be repudiated.<br /><br /><br /><br />Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-16973988727241473822013-03-25T07:41:36.193-05:002013-03-25T07:41:36.193-05:00Losing...is hard. Our modern society has become a...Losing...is hard. Our modern society has become antiseptic, distanced from death in all but the most stylized ways.<br /><br />We have lost our death rituals. And lost a bit of ourselves in the process.J.R.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498164179579546593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-87762140347490176432013-03-24T20:06:32.505-05:002013-03-24T20:06:32.505-05:00You're right - death is different up there. Mo...You're right - death is different up there. More... immediate? Closer? <br /><br />It's so easy to forget down here that it lurks just over our shoulder.... and frankly, once you have enough loved ones on the other side, death doesn't seem so scary. <br /><br />Thank you for the reminder Miss D. Ain't in a hurry for the reunion, but it'll be good to see him again one day.<br /><br />Vaya con Dios.<br /><br />Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682072668997410668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-55596617232576886492013-03-23T21:51:28.797-05:002013-03-23T21:51:28.797-05:00Alaska IS still the frontier, drawing those who ar...Alaska IS still the frontier, drawing those who are willing to challenge themselves and the environment for the sheer hell of it. Sadly, not all of them win. And the small community feels each and every loss. Thoughts and prayers lady!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-27739711271921140502013-03-23T14:25:02.384-05:002013-03-23T14:25:02.384-05:00Death truly comes like a theif in the night. No on...Death truly comes like a theif in the night. No one is ever prepared for the bad news that we have lost someone we knew. We can however, keep them alive in our memory.Scooney Adrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09014731857174355364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040486715126429420.post-27224759354339567792013-03-23T08:53:29.054-05:002013-03-23T08:53:29.054-05:00That says it better than anything else I've se...That says it better than anything else I've seen, and now I've got dust in my eyes. Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.com