Author Archives: Heligypsy

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About Heligypsy

Has it really been forty-seven years flying helicopters all over the world? I guess it's time to share some stories, I hope you enjoy my adventures.

Just a thought

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Heligypsy

Their lives ended. One minute you’re talking over the intercom to your friend in the other seat in the helicopter,or walking your dog,telling him to get off the tracks, or your telling your wife that you love her, or kicking … Continue reading →

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Grammar exercise

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Heligypsy

I don’t write particularly well. I am not a good writer. A good writer uses short concise sentences in his own voice. My punctuation or lack of it, coupled with my bizarre use of spacing can make even my short … Continue reading →

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Same tribe, different town

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Heligypsy

Buffalo Narrows. The shithead capitol of Northern Saskatchewan. The clean morning light couldn’t put a happier face on this litter strewn, rag bag of a mostly Indian town. Garbage, ravens and an ATV- sans-muffler, to get my morning started. “Rick, … Continue reading →

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Standing on the Battlefield Part 3

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Heligypsy

Howie, our guide @ Gettysburg Gettysburg Museum and Visitors Center. Our guide strode quickly across the lobby, introduced himself and gave us a rapid outline of our itinerary. We were on our way to the parking lot walking fast and … Continue reading →

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Standing on the Battlefield Part 2

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Heligypsy

Gettysburg. The flags snap in the bitter breeze as we quick step to the shelter of the breakfast cafe. Sweater weather that will warm when the sun gets above the Colonial rooftops. Sweet potato pancakes and coffee, overhearing pieces of … Continue reading →

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Standing on the Battlefield

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Heligypsy

Gettysburg. It had rained hard just a few hours earlier and the air was cool and damp with threatening clouds blowing in from the west. Paula and I had checked in to a Motel, which felt strange after the last … Continue reading →

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Team Travel

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Heligypsy

” Oh, the Riviera“, she repeated. Yes, well its not always the leisurely life on the Riviera, I chuckled. I looked over at the young lady from the book store, smiled at Paula and added, some times we are camped … Continue reading →

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Some Days

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Heligypsy

The other night as the storm approached I went outside and pulled my hammock down and tucked it into storage. It had been a warm humid day and the towering cumulus had been building all through the late afternoon. This … Continue reading →

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Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Heligypsy

Make a Smilebox slideshow

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Still trying to figure it out

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Heligypsy

The beauty of the natural world surpasses anything man has yet created. It always will. Humans keep trying and in many cases man has constructed fantastic architectural  and artistic masterpieces.  Many of mans creations are built to house and celebrate … Continue reading →

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