When I was a kid going to school, history was not my best subject. At 10 years old I had a hard time getting excited about what happened thousands of years ago. I couldn’t understand why we spent many of

Every now and again a friend will quietly take me aside and say “I want to ask you a stupid question.” First of all, a teacher of mine once told me “there is no such thing as a stupid question,

One of the first toys that a child usually gets is a container with different shaped holes in it. From before kids can talk, they learn that you cannot put a square block in a round hole, or a triangular

Ever since the beginning, men have taken the lead position in most positions of guidance. In some countries even today, girls receive very little education, are never elected to a position of power, are not allowed to drive a car,

Ask any hunter that makes the yearly trip to hunt. The first training for a hunter is “if you are lost, fire three shots in the air.” If no response, then fire three more shots shortly after. This is a

Some 70 years ago after our family had built the new loose housing dairy barn on the hill behind the house, but kept the dry cows and heifers in the old red barn across the road (#8 highway) and the

Maybe this is what this old world needs right now, an extra hour for mankind to reflect on what’s going on. There seem to be too many people who think that they, their religion, their culture, their language are superior

Mom said ”Don’t pick the scab.” How many times did you get that warning the day after you scraped you knee or cut your shin bumping into the old hay mower? Mom usually put a little ointment on before covering

When I looked out the window this morning through the dense fog, I didn’t have to check The Weather Channel to get the forecast. Dad had taught me 70 years ago that if there is a heavy-dew or a dense

Many years ago, I received from an old doctor friend an article that was mentioned in a medical journal, something that had been added to the diet of cattle that, when they were slaughtered, would make the carcass weigh more.