May 27, 2006
Photo by Rachael
This was taken a couple of days before Rachael and I drove down to Pennsylvania and New York to scatter David’s ashes.
Life’s been rough in 2006, but it feels rougher than ever now that Hugh is gone. He made the transition from my former life in Pennsylvania to my current life [...]

October 2, 2004
Music: “Allentown” by Billy Joel
Length: 3:45

This video is part of a project that’s coming along very, very slowly. The CD** of David’s music that I compiled to hand out at his memorial on December 28 has a list of 14 songs. I plan to use all 14 songs as soundtracks for videoclips I’ve [...]

Layers by AviatorDave
There’s a story David told me early on, before we’d actually met, about a turning point in his life. It was after a thunderstorm he experienced while flying to Ohio in 2001, a storm so intense he worried he might not make it through. David told the story to a few people, but [...]

When we commit words to a page, we leave something of ourselves to others. Our mortality gives way to a certain immortality, in the words that we use to describe our experiences, words that may be found long after we are gone. Words that may move, enlighten, shift attitudes, or affect others in some way.
I [...]

Rachael and I are driving back to Toronto today, so this is going to be a brief post. Things were rather hectic from the time we left Toronto on Monday — what with the car breaking down and all that — right up until we arrived here last night. Besides the trip to Rhinebeck, I [...]

Yes, that’s right. The “Tripe”, our 1954 Piper Tri-Pacer, is no longer part of the House of Fielding.

It was David’s pride and joy, so naturally I’m a little choked up about it. After many years of renting, plane ownership became a reality for David in 2003. The full story is here.
We both loved [...]

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David and his beloved Jenny at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, 10 years ago.
I found this photo in February while packing up the house in Pennsylvania (and managed to re-find it again after two subsequent moves). It’s not a quality picture; it’s a little too blurry and lacking in [...]

Hugh, upon reaching a heightened state of meditative relaxation, has no sense of decorum. If he were human, he’d scratch his armpit and walk around in his underwear. Instead, he lolls about with his limbs akimbo, as if his nether regions were gasping for air.
Mister Hugh’s still transitioning to his new home, he’d like you [...]

Last night I read a very touching comment from Shari. It was the impetus to write about how a person as jaded as Yours Truly would come to extoll the virtues of love.
For a while now, I’d been meaning to write something here that elaborated on what I had said at the memorial — that [...]

Dear David,
Friday was a beautiful day for flying — warm and sunny and the skies were clear. The kind of day where we’d race to Cherry Ridge to pick up the Tri-Pacer, and you’d laugh at me for hesitating along the drive past the horse farms because I’d want to take a few photos along [...]