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What do you do when the power goes out?   That is what I asked my class the other day.  We were talking about severe weather, like tornadoes and thunderstorms, and how sometimes the electricity...

Bert and John Jacobs share a remarkable story.  They were the youngest of 6 children, growing up in an inexpensive house (with no upstairs heat) in Massachusetts.  When they were in elementary school their...

It’s not really Christmas time at my house until the nativity set is put up on the fireplace mantel.  I am happy to report that as of a few days ago this is now the case.  Putting up the set...

Have you ever been to a shower?  By that I mean a party of sorts, not a weather phenomenon.  If you are like me you have been to several.  I did a little research and found four main types...

If you have spent any time at all around small children you know that they like to make noise.  This is not really surprising, for noise is how kids get our attention.  Kids get loud when they...

One of the things the kids always say when you have to travel for work is to “bring us back something.”  What this usually amounts to is a scavenger hunt of sorts in random airport gift shops, where...

We have a kind of rule that we use when I take the kids trick-or-treating on Halloween.  It’s a pretty simple one.  You are free to knock on the door of any house with its lights on, unless there...

You have been tricked.   All of us have, actually.  And I am not talking about Halloween.  That holiday may have the phrase “Trick or Treat” but there really aren’t many tricks involved.  That is...

Do you remember social events from middle school?  I do.  Nothing struck fear into the heart of an adolescent like the middle school dance.  Dance isn’t something they taught at my school,...

I recently went on a trip for work and once again found myself in an airport.  I’ve been no stranger to airports over the last several years.  As long as time is not a factor I really don’t mind...