Writings

Copyright © 2005, Jonathan Paul

This page contain links to some of my writings. For me, writing is a way to express myself and to relive experiences. My writing is probably not very good (on an absolute scale) but it is meaningful to me. I share it here with some reservations since it tends to be personal. But who will ever read my home page anyway?

• The Met
  This short story concerns my discovery of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York while I was a college student.
   
• Stories My Father Told Me
  I didn't write this collection of stories. My father wrote them down, over a series of fifteen years, to be retold as parts of chapel talks he made at Blair Academy, a boys bording school. I have edited them, but it is really the voice of my father who speaks.
   
• Alaska Diary
  In 1990 my daughter, Victoria, and I flew our plane to Alaska. This is the story of that trip.
   
• My Life as a Foster Child
  Every life has a few rough moments. This is a story about one of mine.
   
• The Shave
  Who doesn't profoundly regret some action take in one's life, some opportunity forever lost.
   
• The McCuaigs of White County
  My ancestors were working people, farmers, who came from Scotland to Indiana.
   
• Old Bunny
  I wrote this story with the intent to recount the saddest thing I've ever heard.
   
• How Not To Sell Your Airplane
  9208M was part of the family, but we didn't realize it until he was gone forever.
   
• Margery
  My Aunt Margery lives in Carmel. She is one of life's truly remarkable people. This was written in 1991 and then sat in the drawer for three years, before I gave it to her.
   
• Bill Mann
  In January of 1995 my Uncle Bill died. This is a tribute to him that I wrote in the hour before his memorial service.  I regret that I did not get up and read it than, as it would have been very appropriate.
   
• My Big Sister
  This poem is an ode to my sister Anne Paul Law on the occaision of her 70th Birthday, November 25th, 2000. 
   
• George Wood
  This is my second memorial poem, written for my father-in-law who died in April, 2000.  Gayle asked me to write something.  I wrote it on the plane coming back from Trinidad for the funeral.  But it is Gayle who is speaking,
   
• The Queen
  Nostalgia for the past is one of my weaknesses, especially if the past is preserved. This was my first attempt at rhymed poetry.
   
• First Mooney Caravan to Oshkosh
  I helped organize and was the flight leader for the first Caravan to Oshkosh, a flight of 42 airplanes. It felt like being King.
   
• Tommy Carter
  One meets the very finest of people quite by accident. When our plane made an emergency landing in Texas, we found one such person.
   
• Belmont
  The day I discovered horseracing, I also had to retire some long held prejudices.

  Why I Love My Mooney
  Who says an airplane doesn't have feelings?

• A New Instrument Panel for An Older Mooney
  In 1988 I made a major improvement to our Mooney Aircraft

  Why My Father Drinks Budweiser
  My daughter wrote this but it's about things me, so maybe it's relevant.

• Belize Honeymoon
  In 2004 we flew our Mooney to Belize and Guatemala in the company of our friends Morten and Monika who were on their honeymoon.

• Cancer Diary
  In August of 2001 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. This is a 2-year diary of my experience with the Gerson Therapy, an alternative therapy releying on diet. (This diary is huge)

• Ground Zero
  I visited the World Trade Site in the fall of 2003. It did not proved the theraputic effect I was looking for.

• Early Memories
  Between my birth and age five we lived in Schenectady. I recently found this collection of quirky memories from my early years. I think small children can be very astute observers.

• [Updated January 24, 2005]