Welcome to the Commian podcast. This is Jeff Krasno from the Flight Deck.

Many of you may receive my Sunday commusing article where I address a breadth of issues from the spiritual to the sociopolitical.

And on occasion, I will record an audio version of these articles and release it

as a bonus episode. So your captain on this week's puddle jumper is none other than Lori Beth

Robbins. LBR's flight plan takes us north into the depths of our mind, which can often be

overcast with low visibility. Then we'll make a 180 down the brainstem

and bank a hard left to our final destination in the heartland. In the case of a change in cabin pressure,

LBR reminds us to put our oxygen masks on first. We're no good to anyone if we don't take care of ourselves. So expect some

turbulence. LBR likes it bumpy, but don't fret. She always gets us there. If you're interested

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So without further delay, wheels up.

Here's Lori Beth Robbins with Flying High. Airplanes flew in and out of a little airport on the road where I grew up,

and to me this was majestic that the aircraft were merely two or four-seater private entities

taking flight from just a 3,300-foot runway, mind you, and that my family had only

heard of two people in our rural town who actually owned a little plane there, and that I hardly

ever visited or even stood anywhere near that airport for any reason mattered not. It was exciting

to live near an airport, or that is what I told myself, and hence

it was true. The humble home I grew up in cost less than some of those aviation toys. And on

sub-zero winter nights in the northeast kingdom of Vermont, we would wire our cars to the house with this multitude of fluorescent

orange extension cords just to make sure the vehicles sitting out in the snow and frigid cold

since we hadn't any garage would start in the morning. But we had four fondue pots and over 2,000 books lining our cozy living room.

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