Tag: NewYork

  • Post Script – Ch13

    For 37 years I’d altered my actions so as to keep myself healthy and I was okay with that.  It wasn’t necessarily the altered behavior that was a challenge – it was the emotional toll having to explain it to others, along with the back story, that led to the fatigue.  It was my 37th…

  • A Little Grey House in Ohio – Ch11

    The drab grey aluminum siding gave the appearance of tidiness to the two story bungalow I bought – one of the four that were side by side.  It did not stand out amongst them, the others – two in beige and the third in pale green.  It sat quietly under an also grey roof.  …

  • Knowing Me Knowing You – Ch9

    Crystal asked me to have a seat at her desk in the lobby. Tall, slender, and stoic, she was a classic woman, as if she’d been cut out of a 1970’s fashion magazine featuring clothing by Halston. Mid fifties with grey hair that was coiffed into place like a helmet, dark rimmed glasses and perfect…

  • Home by Evening – Ch8

    Every morning when we’d arrive in Helsinki I’d open the back door of the MD-11, look out over the airfield, and marvel over the fact that I was here.   Thirteen years prior, when I’d been a passenger on the thirty minute flight from Stockholm to Helsinki, the first time I’d ever stepped onto a…

  • The German Summer – Ch7

    I always flew in to New York a day before work.  Doing so eliminated risks, offered time for proper rest, and best of all the opportunity to explore the city.  It was all new and fresh, plus I enjoyed the buzz that was all around me.  My usual commute started with an early morning flight…

  • Back to Helsinki – Ch6

    As it happened, two years earlier Delta Air Lines had purchased the transatlantic routes from Pan Am and in fact, I could now fly to Helsinki for free (In 1987 Delta purchased Western Airlines). We worked out the details and a few weeks later I was on my way to Helsinki after a ten year…