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Trying To Avoid The Bulk Balk

I, like most people, I imagine, have a love-hate relationship with the big bulk stores — you know, Costco, Sam’s Club, the stores so large that they usually sit on a street named after them, the stores with shipment garage doors so massive they must have ordered them used from a UFO ...

Spread A Little Love With Love INC

This week, I’d like to highlight an important and exciting organization that does so much for the area: Love INC. This organization, also known as Love In The Name of Christ, serves as a bridge between the church, ministries and organizations and our neighbors in need. Through partnerships ...

‘Wives, Sweethearts And Concubines’

“Marriage lasting for a single breeding season seems best suited to the life of most birds and is the most frequently practiced form of bird matrimony.” Again, I am quoting from “The Family Life of Birds” which has been written by Hans D. Dossenbach. He continues, “[t]o be sure, ...

Snowsuits Can Make Winter More Fun

I recently saw a photo of a friend’s baby with his snowsuit. It was a two-piece set I think but he did not have on any leggings. There was a snowsuit that was passed down through the family that I remember. It was light green and very silky. You had to be careful when you carried the baby ...

You Can’t Fix S—–

In my wife Sally’s long time job, a lot’s been taught and learned by children, mainly under the age of four. There are crafts to do, lessons in sharing toys and supplies, and restroom procedures (i.e. flush, wash, hang towel). They’re taught how to pick up after themselves. There are ...

Shopping With Your Husband Is A Mixed Bag

The best way I can describe my husband is that he’s like an old hippie. Not that he is really old and he was never a true hippie as we’d imagine one to be. He was, after all, a very good student his whole life, was an excellent running back in high school and was actually accepted into a ...