Feb 24, 2025
Copyright 2022, Ray Bonneville
I worked as a bush pilot in the Canadian wilderness for two seasons in 1989 and 1990...
KILLING FOG
The heading indicator swings wild in the panel as I desperately try to fight my way through…
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Jul 13, 2022
First Band
Ray Bonneville, Copyright 2022
Cutting southwest in broad daylight on Highway 81, through south-of-Roanoke country, a big doe jumped out of the trees and came across the highway reckless in front of me. I barely missed her and…
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Jun 1, 2022
A Hard Flight
Ray Bonneville, Copyright 2022
Evelyn, who was running Air Tamarak by herself at the time, came for me at my cabin early one morning. “I need you down at the dock right away. There’s an unplanned trip…
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May 2, 2022
A Wandering Mind
Ray Bonneville, Copyright 2022
I’m in the kitchen of my long 1957 Spartan trailer, with its turquoise stove top. My chef’s knife makes a swishing sound going through the strong onion flesh, as I dice it up…
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Apr 11, 2022
The Woods Behind My House
Ray Bonneville, Copyright 2022
I put on my well-worn rubber boots that have a faded red stripe along the bottom. I have the tops folded down and over a few inches. The inside canvas shows…
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