It’s Not Fair
I don’t know why I ever decided to keep it. It makes me mad every time I look at it. The cover of the Sports Illustrated from 1975 says, “Cowboys Win A…
Walking Beans
Back in the day, before farmers relied solely on herbicides in their Iowa soybean fields, the preferred method of weeding was “walking beans”. It was a predictable summer job. You’d…
Owning It
Hope Covenant, my home church, is in Chandler, Arizona. Like the other towns in the Phoenix valley, it began as a small farming town that over the decades morphed into…
Voice From The Past
He was sorting through a wall rack of Phoenix Suns T-shirts, obviously not finding the size he was looking for. He had his back to me when I asked, “Can…
Honeybee on Midas Touch
Honeybees
My favorite time of year here in the Phoenix valley is anytime my roses are blooming. Like right now. My back yard is awash in red, orange, white, lavender, pink,…
01:02:03;04/05/06
Got an email the other day with the subject line “Interesting Trivia”. It said that at two minutes and three seconds after 1 PM today the date will be: 01:02:03;…
Meltdown
“I never get a vacation. I need one, but I never get one.” “I need sleep. I’m not getting enough. When I can’t fully recharge with a good night’s sleep,…
Applause
In my part-time job at America West Arena (recently renamed US Airways Center after yet another corporate merger) I’ve had opportunity to observe the myriad of pre-event preparations in the…
PHX To LAX
Spring 1998. A 2:30 Friday afternoon flight from Phoenix to Los Angeles, the flight taken by many business people trying to get home for the weekend. I’m headed to California…
Preparation
Most people have likely never heard of my college alma mater, a small Christian liberal arts school in Orange City, Iowa. But since Deb Remmerde went on the CBS Morning…
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