Today I have a guest blog by my great grandmother, Gloie Mae Flora. No, she’s not alive still, but this is a write up of her notes from her drive from Elwood, Indiana to Seattle, Washington for the 1962 World’s Fair. I love the agricultural observations throughout her notes. The language and notations are a…
My grandmother Frances Eloy Flora Sigler is 95, almost 96. Visiting her, I learned how she ended up at college, which was very unusual for the time. When she graduated from high school at 17, most girls went straight to work and worked until they married. My grandmother graduated from Frankton High School in 1935.…
I want to highlight a group of women in aviation to celebrate International Women’s Day, which is today, March 8, 2014. Last night I had the pleasure of seeing 6 women speak about their experiences in aviation, a traditionally male-dominated field (female pilots make up less than 6% of all pilots, and that has been…
It’s simple. The purpose of National Day of Unplugging is to tune into the world around you for 24 hours. Sign the pledge here – Nationaldayofunplugging.com This coming Friday, March 7, 2014 is the National Day of Unplugging. It is a day to tune out of electronic connections and tune into the world around you…