<p>There is a special feeling you have when you are a skydiver. It is a restlessness, a sense of defiance that comes from being held prisoner to the laws of science. It is the stark awareness that there is injustice in having no wings, tethered to gravity, while the superhero within you begs to be set free. \nBut even superheroes with artificial wings need someone to look after them from time to time. \nWhen my ashes soaked into the airfield after that first good rain, about two days after they were spread during a skydive, part of my soul remained. It remained restless, in the sky, no longer tethered by gravity or subordinate to any Earthly laws. \nIt's true that when you die, you can't take anything with you. But if you're really lucky, you can bring something back. \nI got lucky. \nMy name was Joey Wylie, and this is the story of the end of my death, and the start of my life.</p>

The Skydivers' Guardian

Literature & Fiction

Sistare, Susan A

Genre Fiction

Braindart Publishing

TV cameras, girls in skirts, Elvis, Ricky Nelson, Jackie Robinson. Mix in two unlikely friends, and the rest is part of rock and roll history. It was 1957 when Danny Sullivan first met Mike McCoy on the set of American Bandstand, just before Vietnam and Beatlemania pulsed through the veins of the nation. Danny, the chivalrous writer with a sheltered upbringing, was barely able to keep pace with the precocious street kid Mike, whose luck and instincts skyrocketed him to DJ stardom in the sixties. As different as two kids could find themselves, their friendship was beyond anyone's comprehension, especially theirs. Through the music and magic of the 50's and 60's, Danny and Mike remained thicker than thieves; that is, until they weren't. When Danny receives a sentimental letter from Mike decades later, the burning question is, what could Mike want after all this time? Mike's unusual request for his old friend to visit prompts Danny to begin a journey into the past. What he finds through reading Mike's journal is much more than a few boyish memories from that unforgettable time; now well into his seventies, Danny discovers that the good old days weren't always so good, and a street kid ain't as bad as he seems. Sing along and read... and as Mike McCoy would say, here's wishing you Blue Skies and Green Lights.

Blue Skies and Green Lights: A Tale of Music and Magic of the '50s and '60s

Fisher, Jack

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The Skydivers' Guardian

Blue Skies and Green Lights: A Tale of Music and Magic of the '50s and '60s