Expecting To Fly:

Dedicated to Alexandra Victoria Ireland, my beloved granddaughter

by Victoria Cavaleri

Most of us were raised to be ordinary, never even told that it is possible to be extraordinary.

To be extraordinary the soul must be free to expand, explore, grow and find its highest self.

“Expecting To Fly” is one soul’s struggle against ordinary on the journey to extraordinary.

Neil Young is extraordinary, he followed his dream and for him it is not over...

Marty Balin's songs of love were a beacon of light to “A Better Generation.”

…a song written by Marty...

He encouraged me to write my story of 1966.

“Expecting To Fly” is a dream without an ending.  It is the journey to extraordinary, to the highest self, to the understanding that Love is all there is, all there needs to be...with music as our guide.

If ‘Expecting To Fly’ has one flaw is that you must read it with your heart.

"Expecting To Fly"

Expecting To Fly 

written by Victoria Cavaleri

title borrowed from Neil Young's 1966 song.

Broken Arrow Magazine: November 2011 - 

Neil Young - 1966
Photo by Nurit Wilde

The latest issue of Broken Arrow Magazine, published by the Neil Young Appreciation Society recently hit the streets and we're now finishing up reading the issue. As always a nice read -- especially as we look back while looking ahead.


It includes Part One of a fascinating memoir from Vicki Cavaleri, originally a waitress at the Whisky A Go Go who was there at the very start of the Buffalo Springfield story in LA in 1966 and who spent much of that year in the company of Neil Young. This article is accompanied by some vintage posters and photos from 1966. The cover is a stunning 1966 photo by legendary rock photographer and friend to the NYAS Nurit Wilde. 

Broken Arrow Magazine: May 2012 -

Broken Arrow Magazine: May 2012 -

Neil Young - 1966
Photo by Nurit Wilde

The latest issue of Broken Arrow Magazine, published by the Neil Young Appreciation Society recently hit the streets and we're now finishing up reading the issue. As always a nice read -- especially as we look back while looking ahead.


The latest issue of Broken Arrow Magazine – number 126 – is now out with another interesting mixture of articles and photographs. Included in this issue, the conclusion of “Expecting To Fly”, Victoria Cavaleri’s surprising memoir from 1966 with a cast of characters that ranges from Marty Balin, Jack Casady, and Allen Ginsberg through to Dickie Davis, Gene Clark and Neil Young, to name but a few. It’s a fascinating read published here for the first time.