(Nancy with Paul Matero) The recent helicopter crash in Hawaii really struck home. It was the same chopper and the same pilot and the same tour Nancy and I took just two years ago. The pilot was Paul Matero. We had found him to be super professional, with safety front and center. He had years of experience and trained other chopper pilots in handling bad weather. Paul worked for … [Read more...]

  I guess I’m a traveling man. The call of the inky blue water lapping against the black lava rock shorelines was too tempting. The vision of giant sea turtles drifting gracefully with the tide and the warm tropical breeze flowing across the bow of our ship was too great to resist. So, we’re going again. Nancy and I are taking another cruise to Hawaii and we really owe it all to our … [Read more...]

  We were sipping our first cup of coffee on our private deck at sunrise. Through the gray haze across the water, we could see three boats. They were fishing. With my binoculars, I could see men at the rear of the boat and outriggers. Soon, a fourth boat joined them. The boats huddled for a few minutes, and then the fourth boat sped away. I assumed that the three fishing boats had … [Read more...]

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  As you are reading this edition of CvilleBuzz, I will be in the air speeding across the country on my way to Hawaii. On March 3, Nancy and I will have been married 50 years and we will celebrate with a cruise of the Hawaiian Islands. We’ll fly from Baltimore to Houston, then on to Honolulu, where we will board a Norwegian Liner and tour the islands. We will also have several tours of … [Read more...]