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Back to the Dirt

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The Popcorn Bird

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251 or Bust

Another 20 years passed. After I retired, someone mentioned the 251 Club again. Full of regrets, I moped for days about the legion of missed opportunities. A couple of years ago, the subject came up once more. A friend of mine said she didn’t think the club required photographic proof any longer. Really?

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Owl Vision

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Why Jump Out of a Perfectly Good Airplane?

One summer, my friend Caroline worked as the office manager at the Skydiving Center in Pepperell, Massachusetts. She offered my son and me the use of her employee discount. Suddenly it was a case of now or never.