Minding Your Spiritual Business

I don’t want you to get me wrong by believing that my entire summertime was all play and no work. Work was a BIG part of my early growing up...

One of my favorite activities as a summertime child on the farm involved the use of sticks. We never really knew we were poor (much to my pa...

The summertime of my memories is filled with adventure. There is no better place in summertime to be than on a farm. The majority of the “ch...

To end this trilogy of blogs/columns (Death of Postal Service, Death of Email and this one) I would like to surprise you with what is actual...

In the last column I wrote about the death of the US Postal Service. The problem is, the USPS doesn’t realize it yet. Everything the USPS do...

In the 1950’s the mailman was one of the most popular people in the world. You can almost picture the lovelorn waiting in anticipation, star...

I am a child of summer. I would LOVE nothing more than living in a perpetual summertime. I love being outside in nature. I love hearing bird...

I didn’t do it again this week. I promised myself I would get it done and AGAIN, I didn’t. I will put it off again until next week and make ...

I was an Ebay nut. I have the “collectors” gene in me which causes me to collect things. I have a coin collection, shot glass collection, mu...

The lottery is great, because it is easy. It is not certain, but it is easy. All you have to do is spend a few bucks and buy a ticket, pick ...

There are times when writing is cathartic for me. (dictionary.com: the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especiall...

Three years ago, while playing softball, I was running to first base and heard and FELT a crunching in my foot. Ouch … another sprain, last ...

After a few years of meeting his potential the rising Star seemed to be flickering a bit. He did amazing things and crowds followed him ever...

Jake, the rancher, went one day to fix a distant fence The wind was cold and gusty and the clouds rolled gray and dense As he pounded th...

I am fascinated by the TV show “Lie to me” because I like the thought that you can read a person’s mind based on their facial expressions an...

There is a painting by Giuseppe Vermiglio of the Last Supper. This painting has three animals in it. I have never pictured the Last Supper ...

Minnesota Style 1. Der’s only one God, ya know. 2. Don’t make that fish on your mantle an important thing 3. Cussin ain’t Minnesota nice 4. ...

Is there really an external world? Is there really a world outside of our experience? When you see an apple, you picture it in your mind (as...