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…

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…

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…

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…

Copyright Ray Bonneville 2022

Runaways 

There were four of us: Leo, Bill, Michael and me. 

I was closest with Leo, the first boy I met at the beginning of the eighth grade a few years back, when I only knew…

Copyright 2022, Ray Bonneville 

KILLING FOG – PART II

The cloud cover started pushing us back down into the treetops like some heavy god-like hand. 

I knew I’d made a deadly mistake taking off when I did, as the visibility…

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…