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Tiki Redux
Memory is a perplexing phenomenon. Some things stick, and others don’t. That stickiness is often attributed to the importance we ascribe to the event, but I think there are other factors at play… I was taken aback recently by a simple question that conjured a memory of an insignificant event with a vividness that surprised…
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Frost Protection via Amazon.com
Changes in consumer shopping habits have forever altered the face of the retail experience. Amazon has led the way with its Prime subscription. With it, many items we…
Implements of Destruction
In the 23-minute satirical song “Alice’s Restaurant,” Arlo Guthrie makes mention of having to clean up a pile of trash with “implements of destruction.” It was a term…
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Garden Planning 2014
The arrival of spring has many of us thumbing through seed catalogs making great plans for another growing season. I have a…
The Dog in the Manger
The greek fable is a metaphor for those who prevent others from having something that they themselves have no use for – …
Lost and Found
God has His way of leading us. He takes us on journeys we don’t even know we are equipped for and sometimes…