Archive for March, 2008



Beans

Published on March 29, 2008

Beans. you either love them or hate em. They’re suppose to be good for a person, most being ladened with protein, carbs and such. Many are low fat, low sugar and generally low in price. No wonder so many people across this great land enjoy beans. (Unfortunately, a large audience prefers [...]


I Heered You PaPa!

Published on March 25, 2008

My three year old granddaughter has trouble saying her “R’s” and “Y’s.” Words like “yellow” are pronounced “lellow” and robins are called “wobbins.” Now she has thrown in a little southern accent to boot. I was exercising on the treadmill, having donned my sweatband, New Balance running shoes and dutifully stashed away [...]


Sure Proud to Have You

Published on March 24, 2008

I’m back…from Virginia that is. I left a week ago Sunday for a pre-mission trip to that fair state. The roads were good, the truck performed admirably and all the traffic tie-ups were on the opposite side of the interstate. I put on the Gaithers, Booth Brothers, Hoppers and more. I [...]


What’s In a Name

Published on March 14, 2008

He came in the office the other day and dropped off a quick note, challenge, in your face kind of message. Stated how he was going to beat his record at the 5K this summer. Until then, I thought I had been progressing nicely…after all, I had increased my daily workout to 79 [...]


Got any Snow???

Published on March 06, 2008

My brother called last night. He lives in da U.P eh? Anyone who vacations or spends any amount of time there, knows they speak they’re own language. I can lapse into that shortly. It’s kind of a “ya, gutteral, speak from your belly, blow it out your nose,” sort of thing. [...]