David Millett

David Millett

About

David Millett is retired from a long career in the Information Technology industry. He was there in the beginning, when computers first became personal.
David has a passion for science, travel, hiking, flying, skiing, and writing. He keeps a journal of his travels at his living book: www.davidmillett.net. And he regularly writes travel articles for the Examiner.com.

Friends in High Places

Friends in High Places

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<p>FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES<br /><br />At barely nineteen, Angelica Donovan became one of the more successful winners of the T.V. show Our Next Super Model. The world assumed she was destined for a happy, fairy tale life as ‘Angel,’ the beautiful girl who was living the dream; sadly, that wasn’t to be the case. As the years passed, she flashed her million dollar smile to all her fans and fought to stay on top in a profession where you never knew who it was safe to trust while the fashion industry took big bites out of her heart and soul. And trust was a constant challenge for Angel due to the painful childhood secret she guarded as carefully as she did her heart. As a result, she never did find her true love on earth.<br /><br />When she wakes up ‘dead’ from a heart condition a month before her thirty-fifth birthday, Angel is at first relieved to find there is no death, just a change of state, like ice to water, and then she’s scared because her biggest and most important adventure is about to begin.<br /><br />Angelica is chosen to be an angel in training as a spirit guide for three souls on earth! Her assignment is to help two women to gain the courage and confidence to find, recognize and embrace the love that had eluded Angel in life. But her biggest challenge will be to save a very special little girl from the same evil experience that had poisoned Angel’s own earthly happiness and altered the course of her life.<br /><br />Will Angel be able to heal her own shattered soul in the process? And will the three souls she is guiding be able to recognize her, not as a ghostly threat, but as one of those ‘friends in high places’ we all have; the kind who often end up earning their wings.<br /><br /> </p>

Story Behind The Book

What a great idea - to fly along all four borders of the Continental USA! David R. Sadtler, Author and Entrepreneur

Reviews

<p>Reviewed by: Gary Sorkin, Pacific Book Review</p> <p><br />Written in an interlaced diary format the stories of David Millett, the pilot, and Julia Buss, the intrepid passenger and companion, Flying the Edge of America shares the modern day adventure of touring the country in a self-piloted private airplane. </p> <p>Having a noticeably delightful charm from being of British decent, the co-authors take you on their journey circumventing America in a &quot;pogo-stick series of encounters&quot; dropping in at points hundreds of miles apart.  Upon landing, the travelers are faced with logistical issues of touring the countryside by either renting a car, hiring a taxi or shuttle, or meeting friends to assimilate more closely into the regional culture.  Nonetheless the combination of David's &quot;Amelia Earhart seat-of-the-pants type&quot; of commandeering and Julia's &quot;Charles Kuralt journalistic style&quot; seeking the color of the local story, takes the reader on an adventure only few are ever privileged to experience first hand.  Throughout the journey, Millett's analytical mind continuously weighs thoughts of logical choices while Buss’ feminine emotions tend to lean more to the feelings and impressions of the locals they encounter.  Together they unfold a duet of trust, friendship and invite you into a love story while masking it as an adventure chronicle.  </p> <p>Traveling clockwise along the perimeter of the Continental United States, from their origin and home in the San Francisco Bay Area, Millett and Buss encounter the threads of the sights and people that weave the fabric of America.  From behind their sunglasses, caps, and casual clothing, Millett and Buss observe and experience the natural beauty of the country by hiking or taking excursions into the back country.  They get a geological view of the terrain from the air. They seek out every opportunity to mix with the locals, and are truly appreciative of the kindness in others.  They sample the delicacies of the local region or put up with the &quot;burger, fries and coleslaw&quot; just the same.  Highlighted with Buss' photographic eye and full of many captivating photographs, the co-authors developed a see-saw style whereas Millett would write about the journey from a pilot's point-of-view, and Buss would write about the history and present day circumstances on their score of stops along the way. </p> <p>I certainly would recommend reading this book as I have found Flying the Edge of America to be very relaxing and enjoy the non-presumptuous openness and honesty of both Millett and Buss. </p>