Jody Vettori 10/13/25 Jody Vettori 10/13/25

The Pilot’s Gamble: How It Starts

Here’s a story for you, about a flight I took from Pittsburgh to Rochester (Minnesota) that connected through Chicago. (As always, this was years ago. Years from now, I’ll tell stories from today. And I’ll still say, “Years ago…”)

Anyway, the story…

Jody Vettori 8/31/15 Jody Vettori 8/31/15

Coming Soon: Stories from the Road

I'm on a road trip through mid-America, stopping often for obscure history lessons, local characters, breweries, and of course, candy cigarettes…

Jody Vettori 7/31/15 Jody Vettori 7/31/15

The Expense of Today

My local bank has put up signs this summer next to each teller as some kind of financial promotion. Basically, each has teller was supposed to write what she (they’re all women) is looking forward to in life. Each and every one of them, without fail, wrote “Retirement.” …