We have been learning about Bonnie Jean (Madden) Davis, whose life journey began on a rural Lynd farm. She attended the nearby District #2 country school for three years, the last year with a new teacher. “Mrs. Snyder came from Balaton. I think she was a farmer’s wife and they lived on a ...
Many people choose to meet with a financial adviser during moments of change or reflection. Sometimes it’s tied to an upcoming decision; other times, it’s simply about wanting a clearer understanding of their financial picture. As a financial adviser, I often tell clients they don’t ...
The importance of the brain cannot be overstated. Without it, we would just be lumps of flesh. Damage it, and we malfunction. It determines everything we do, keeps us alive by monitoring and running our body, stores our memories, triggers our emotions, allows us to speak, determines how smart we are, and so much more. This critical organ needs to be protected and never abused in any way. A common way that our brains get abused is through the use of alcohol and street drugs. The focus here is on alcohol and the developing teenage brain. The fragile developing brain goes through ...
The wonderful thing about the outdoors — and one that it took me a couple decades to learn — is that it can be taken as seriously or as light-heartedly as one wants to. You can spend 60 days in a treestand, watching the deer, checking trail camera photos, and tracking the movement of that ...
Have you noticed them calling to you? It is such an enriching time of the year. There's new growth all around us. In the last week, plants are finding the courage to pop above ground. Soon the fields around us will be planted and we'll be surrounded by growing greenness. The trees are absolutely bursting with new growth, and to go back to that initial question, have you noticed them calling to you? What are those referenced callers? The flocks of songbirds that have returned to provide us with their melodious songs. As I hike along various paths, I look for them in the budding trees ...
The word “plumbing” comes from “plumbum,” the Latin word for lead. That’s a load of hooey. “Plumbum” clearly denotes someone who has a bum crack that is precisely vertical. If you’re the type of person who enjoys perpetual torment, then repairing the plumbing in an old farmhouse is a gift that keeps on giving. After my brother Les and his son Dustin installed new sewer lines in our family’s ancestral farmhouse, I thought that everything was both hunky and dory. Wrong-o, moose face! The house’s plumbing seemed to work as intended. Nothing leaked, including ...
