Last Tuesday I was out in the pasture with my wife fixing a horse fence.  My 4 year old grandson Nicholas was over and wanted to come and help--I said it didn't sound like a good idea for him to come into the pasture (because I have a hard time working on things while keeping an eye on a child in a potentially dangerous situation), but Grandma said it would be fine, so along he came. The 5 minute fix turned into an hour project as I noticed additional problems that we needed to te...

On Saturday, a group of us turned out at 9AM for a township clean up of our valley.  The reason the township does this is that we are in a beautiful area that seems quite remote once you enter, but is close to town.  It's a great place to drive through and enjoy the beauty, and it's a great place to come and dump your garbage. Your garbage may just be leaves or a couple stumps, or it could be large cement pylons, old hot tubs, tires, waste oil or couches.  Perhaps 25 of us spread...

When I was about 20, I received a letter in the mail that said for a 5 dollar investment, I could get a steady stream of cash income. It seemed like a great deal to me, so I sent for the information.  I got a letter back explaining the process, and it had a few other addresses on it.  I was directed to send 5 more dollars to the next person on the list, and he would send me the next thing I needed to know.  So I sent 5 more dollars and got a sheet back that said I was to send lett...