{"id":19775,"date":"2010-12-09T21:55:50","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T01:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=19775"},"modified":"2010-12-09T21:55:50","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T01:55:50","slug":"larry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/larry\/","title":{"rendered":"Houghton&#039;s debut book now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/10dec\/houghtonth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/><em>Flight Log<\/em> is ready for holiday gift giving<!--more--><br \/>\nChildren fall in love with a variety of things that capture their attention &#8211; dinosaurs, horses, building blocks, video games.<br \/>\nFor Larry Houghton it was airplanes and the prospect of flying.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/10dec\/houghton2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nThat passion for planes is vividly captured in the debut book by the St. Johns area resident, &#8220;Flight Log.&#8221; Houghton&#8217;s colorful description of his childhood fascination with the world of aviation and the thrill of learning to fly as an adult will delight airplane enthusiasts &#8211; and non-flyers as well.<br \/>\nTeenagers and adults who wonder what it would be like to fly a plane will find the author\u2019s explanation of training both exciting and understandable, and pilots will enjoy re-living some of their own early training experiences.<br \/>\nHoughton\u2019s background includes a four-year stint in the Navy, a career in electronics engineering and management, operating a Michigan resort, and insurance and investment sales. He has also published numerous technical and historical articles in magazines, as well as feature articles for local news publications.<br \/>\nRetirement has opened up opportunities for Houghton to pursue his many creative endeavors like writing, watercolor painting and photography.<br \/>\n&#8220;Flight Log&#8221; is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amazon.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lulu.com<\/a>; cost is $12.50 plus shipping and handling. For information email Houghton at <a href=\"mailto:shiloh@casir.net\">shiloh@casir.net<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/10dec\/houghton1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flight Log is ready for holiday gift giving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}