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“A Good Story”
To me, “the farm” has always meant the farm where my mother grew up, one of 11 children. Every book I ever read that was set on a farm, and many other books as well, all took place in my imagination at my mother’s family farm and the surrounding woods.
The farm seemed enormous when...
As 9/11 occurred over the weekend, I was asked by my sweetheart if I remember anything from that day 20 years ago. It’s not a subject I ever talk about, mostly because I don’t have much to say, and also because what I do have to say, won’t be what most people expect to hear (shocking, I know).
I...
Is umbrella coverage worth it?
Dear Dave,
Are umbrella insurance policies worth it, or do they just entice people to sue more frequently?
Tammi
Dear Tammi,
I don’t think there’s any indication umbrella policies entice folks to bring lawsuits more frequently. If you hadn’t noticed, we live in a...
In recent years, the cost of solar energy has plummeted and demand has escalated due to consumer support for clean energy and the value it adds to a property owner’s land and rural communities. However, in the U.S., solar energy provided less than four percent of the country’s electricity in 2020...
Question: Who would ever believe Ever Green, the ship that blocked the Suez Canal (March 23-29), was a human trafficking vessel connected to Hillary Clinton because its radio call sign, H3RC, contained Hillary’s initials, HRC? Answer: QAnon followers, who also believed Donald Trump was under...
“Yes” and “no” are two simple words, but they carry a ton of weight. We live in a fast-paced world where we make hundreds of decisions every day about how to spend our time. And since time is our most precious resource, we should all be careful about how often we say yes.
Easier said than done,...
Empathy and sympathy are both ways we respond to the suffering of people around us. But there’s a crucial difference: Sympathy is acknowledging someone else’s pain, but empathy is choosing to feel the pain with them. Sympathy says, “I care about you,” while empathy says, “I’m hurting with you...
“Hardworking People”
We are reaching that point in remodeling where we seriously question whether we will ever be done.
After we finally found a plumber, we thought our worries were over and progress began briskly. Our plumber had a delightful and exceptionally competent young fellow from Kenya,...
Texas.
I see the license plate all the time . . . I know it’s common for many in this area to snowbird there (or for many originally from this area to move down) . . . I know Austin sounds super chill and fun, and the rest of the state . . . not so much.
I definitely know the state government is...
We’re facing an incredible volume of facts, opinions, and emotions about Afghanistan and the events of the past few weeks. To evaluate these events, we first need to reduce everything to a common denominator. For me that amounts to evaluating where we stand relative to our national interests.
For...
