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Have you ever stayed at an AirBnB or a VRBO?  I have, and my experience has been pretty positive.  There is something nice about getting a whole house to stay in rather than a hotel room (often...

One of my bucket list items is to go to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania for the Groundhog Day celebration.  I think it would be fun to see the spectacle they put on around Phil, the groundhog that supposedly...

When was the last time you rented a car?  It wasn’t that long ago for me.  I generally have pretty good experiences when I rent but I know that isn’t true for everyone.  It always struck...

Winter weather has gone through much of the United States in the past week, including areas of the nation that don’t typically see a lot of ice and snow.  I went to some social media sites and found...

The most irrigated crop in the United States, by a large margin, is grass.  The space taken up by our grass is three times the size of that taken up by the second largest crop, corn.  The state...

These days it seems we can’t live without using GPS.  You remember what that is don’t you?  It’s the Global Positioning System, a system of satellites that our cars, computers, phones, etc. interface...

Advent: Love If you want to see people very happy, I have a place and time for you to look.  Go to an airport a few days before Christmas.  You don’t have to go inside the airport, just to...

Advent:  Joy The third week of the Advent season has the theme of Joy.  Sometimes the candle that is lit on this week is called the shepherd’s candle.  That is because joy is mentioned...

Think of this one word for a minute:  Peace.   What comes to mind when you do?   Now, what if I put this in front of it:  God’s Peace.  Does that change the meaning...

Happy New Year! I am referring to the Christian calendar of course.  The church calendar begins with the Advent season.  The word advent is derived from the Latin “adventus” which means “coming.”...