What I’ve done wrong Each Thanksgiving I make a habit of something going wrong. This year wasn’t as serious as most. I think I took the Turkey out a little too early…. We’ve had some emergencies this week, so I didn’t even think about it again. Last night (the night…

I am thankful for everything I have. I can’t honestly say that I feel like I should be celebrating though with everything going on right now. We have a former representative’s grandson that decided to shoot up a nightclub and today there was another shooting at a Walmart. Any more…

Academic vs. Sport Competitions (and the importance of being social) Competing in robotics today on campus, the same day as a football game, highlighted the importance put on sports. Thousands of people are converging on a huge stadium where teams will compete in a sport that has been known to…

I keep seeing posts on social media talking about wanting to go back in time… to a time that was so great, whether it’s when people were moral or when kids could run around outside…. I have to admit the first thing I think of is all the bullying I…

Things My Dad Taught Me Watching a neighbor work with a backhoe in our field trying to find an old well (that’s a completely different story), I was talking to one of my dad’s friends about my dad. All the things I know about fixing cars comes from my dad……

Memories of Childhood As a kid one of our favorite things to do was go on canoe trips with family and friends. My parents had several spots we could put in and several we could take out. How long the trip was to take determined the in and out spots…

Looking through my pictures I was shocked at how few I could find that included you. We were almost inseparable from Kindergarten to Eighth Grade. In Kindergarten we used to swap names because the teacher couldn’t seem to tell us apart. It didn’t help that at one point I managed…

A thing of the past? This week I’ve been hearing a lot about banned books. An editorial in our paper discussed the author not receiving credit for a book he was reading because it was not approved. The librarian suggested he read it anyway. From the news I keep hearing…

Imposter? I just read a post by a friend that feels out of place with her boyfriend’s friends. Her last line was ‘ I was in a world where everyone was genuinely better than me but I was OK with myself.’ She also moaned about not having anything to show…