(What follows is pretty much a boring travelogue. Read at your own risk. Really, I’m telling you. Your distraction of reading this could possibly cause you to miss the “Fast Money” part at the end of the game show “Family Feud” on TV. You’ve been warned.) If you’ve ever thought ...

Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday. Are you ready? I have started my preparations. I’m in the “think preparation” mode for Mother’s Day. Remember the “think method” of learning to play a musical instrument in the movie “The Music Man?” I’m thinking that I’ll be getting ...

As a kid, I took care of chickens. I used to sell eggs to the neighbors. My eggs were popular with the elementary school teachers because they knew I had roosters in the coop. They liked those fertilized eggs. They could be used for incubating to hatch chicks out in class. I guess it was the ...

Last weekend, I was gone from Sanpete for 26 hours. Technically, it was twenty-six and a half hours. But I didn’t want to write that more than once. We were celebrating our 44th wedding anniversary with a little getaway. Some of you congratulated us for the occasion. Thank you for that. I ...

What follows is random and rambling. I do this here once in a while. It’s just musings and memories of life for me in Sanpete lately. I’m just sharing what comes to my mind of what’s been going on the past week or so. I think that highfalutin writers would call this “stream of ...

I’ve been thinking again. (I know. It’s scary.) We all have thoughts. It’s what our brains do. Every waking moment seems to be occupied with thinking about something. I was intrigued by this concept so I did what any curious thinking mind would do: I goggled it. Barry Gordon, professor ...

I mentioned here, about a month ago, that I had been on a cruise down Mexico way. I also mentioned that I got a massage while on the ship. Before we parted ways, Jess, my professional and talented masseuse, had some advice for me. Among other things, she recommended that I take occasional baths ...

I was in a conversation recently with a few guys and the topic of “shed hunting” came up. The guy next to me, a recent move-in from the East, looked a little confused. I quietly asked him if he knew about shed hunting. He wondered if it meant looking for interesting, storage out ...

Last week I mentioned that one of my problems in life was that I was tired of the cold. I love that we’ve had a cold, wet winter. And I hope it keeps raining and yes, snowing (in the mountains) for a while. But, I am tired of it being cold. I temporarily solved my “tired of the cold” ...

My kids have often asked me where I want to be buried when I “cash in my chips.” Well maybe it’s not often, but it seems like it to me. I have to think that they are motivated by a sincere interest in having me “rest in peace” per my desires rather than any other motivation. I ...