Instead of buying flowers, candy, or dinner this year for St. Valentine’s Day, why not share yourself? Buying things does little to express why and how you love that special…
Colorado & Kansas: Pit Stops via I-70
Completing the Rocky Mountain Road Trip After finishing in Arches National Park, my wife, Lynne, and I started heading east toward home. The final days of our Rocky Mountain Road…
How Trees Teach Us to be Open Minded
It Started with a Story A couple of weeks ago, I happened across an analogy about judgment. I read it, thought about it for a minute, and saved it. Then,…
Blast Off to the Armstrong Air & Space Museum
My son, Jared, and I were on a drive from Dayton to Toledo, OH. We wanted to stop for a quick break and we found the perfect place, Wapakoneta. The…
Don’t Waste Time Feeling Hurt
Have you ever heard this question: If you get stuck on a remote island and you can only bring 10 songs, which ones would you choose? One of my choices…
Clear your Head on a Desert Hike
I have hiked around the desert and encountered objects and areas which dramatically shifted my thinking about my world and reality. Sometimes, these interactions make me feel like I am…
Hike Clifton Gorge-ous!
My daughter, Maggie, and I took a drive north recently to visit Clifton Gorge Nature Preserve and John Bryan State Park. It has been several years since I made the…
Best Smelling Magnesium Lotion EVER!
People have approached me to create a lotion for soothing dry skin. As I began to research, I found a lot of ideas about moisturizing. As I read on, I…
Merry Manistee Michigan!
Everybody wants to go somewhere warm in the wintertime for the holidays, right? Well, when others head south, my family ventured north to Manistee, Michigan. Our hope was to hike,…
Apply 3 Life Altering Steps for Keeping Resolutions
A friend and I were discussing a talk we both listened to regarding hope. It was apparent to me that we both understood the concept of hope, but weren’t sure…