Category: Adaptations

The word “transition” keeps popping up in my life. I’ve learned that transition is what life’s all about. Either coping with, surviving or even embracing transitions. Retirement is another transition and it’s a major one. All of a sudden I have more time available than I previously had. A retired friend once said to me…

By Ray Bradbury 1954 A rewrite challenge in Flash Fiction style* By Captain W. Patrick Gordon M.Sc. 2018 Flash fiction word count varies a lot, but generally has a limit of 2,000 words. This was a challenge to a rewrite a famous Science Fiction story within a limit of 250 words. Five years on Venus…

When I started flying, back in 1964, the airline pilot shortage was desperate. With only a Private Pilot’s license you could apply to United Airlines. They would send you a space-available airline ticket from the nearest city served by them to their headquarters in Denver, CO. Once there, you would go through a series of…