The Fies Files

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I’ve noticed more and more ...

Proud Dad Warning. Here's a 48-minute podcast/interview with my daughter Laura in her role as the CEO of the USS Hornet Museum in Alamed...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] It took me an embarrassingl...

A few days ago, I wrote about getting to see Artemis 2 astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman at a private event aboard ...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I once had a collection of ...

A busy, reflective, celebratory weekend. Friday was the ninth anniversary of the Tubbs Fire, which destroyed my home and about 5,000 others,...

Astronaut Reid Wiseman, Volunteer Tour Guide Brian Fies, and Astronaut Victor Glover. One of these things is not like the other. I actually ...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] Some experiences are so mom...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] In his book Backstage at t...

Karen and I hit a big antiques fair today, where I saw something so cheesy, so tacky, so over the top that I burst out laughing. I put it do...

September 25 is National Daughters Day, and I am lucky enough to have two of them that I will take any opportunity to embarrass. Being my da...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I once worked with a woman ...

I just spent 1.5 days at a 2.5-day conference hosted by After The Fire USA, a nonprofit I love and support that was founded by Jennifer Gra...