I am ready. Tomorrow I will be in hospital to have my surgery on my hand. But the news are great. Last Wednesday I had a meeting with the anesthesia specialist. She told me that I will not be put into sleep and that they only will anesthize my left...

Piper Cherokee 140. When I was living in South Africa, I made my private pilots licence on this lovely machine (1968). Rockwell Aero Commander. Once I had my licence, I was walking around this aircraft. And then a guy came and asked if I liked to make...

I am enjoying the last few days of "liberty of movement". Liberty to drive my car. Liberty of banging on my computer keyboard. Liberty of doing anything that needs the use of two hands. On November 23rd, I will have surgery on my left hand. In...

Something cool today. When I was 17, doing my commercial apprenticeship, when tickets for a concert cost 5 dollars, I went to my favorite record shop. I was told that they had something new for me. A record of Art Farmer. One of the tunes on the record...

Lufthansa did read my post "I might bore you". When I reached home, I found a letter from them: Dear Mr. Voegtli, We thank you very much for your kind words in your post. It was for us an immense pleasure to know that you were satisfied with all of...