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The Notorious BAV

The Notorious BAV

In life, a singular pleasure is to come into contact with an exceptional human being. To be invited into their home. To be exposed to their way of thinking, decorating, recreating. To absorb the wisdom that can only be the byproduct of a full life. That was the rare gift bestowed by Barbara Ann Vaughan, denizen of […]

Icarus Reborn: The Short Life of Richard Russell

Icarus Reborn: The Short Life of Richard Russell

There is something incredibly poignant in the story of Richard Russell. Poetic, even. Kind of Holden Caulfield meets Icarus. Russell, of course, is the Horizon Airlines baggage worker who surreptitiously made off in one of his employer’s planes this past weekend, crashing it into a remote island, but not before fulfilling his dream of flight and […]