“Kids found an average $3 per tooth under their pillows this year, up 15% from last year…some received as much as $20 per tooth.” ~ USA Today And just like that my kid is falling behind the trends. Her teeth paying out a measly one dollar. With luck Ivy won’t learn that she is being low-balled by […]
Read more "Value"“The bus farm is where the buses go to sleep. The yellow buses don’t come, only the orange buses.” ~ Phoebe Growing up I can remember chasing searchlights that swung across night skies. Though mom probably drove us straight there, for me it was a mystery. A work of geometry my basic math mind could […]
Read more "Bus Farm…"On Tuesday I arrived in the office. Spoke with Ellen and updated her on my day. Then I left for a meeting. When I returned, she was gone… Rain: On Saturday the whole family went to the Royals game for Eric Hosmer bobble-head night. It was a good game – the Royals are undefeated when […]
Read more "Rain"“I thought you were the Captain?” ~ Ivy This morning – after pancakes and bacon, a first day of school breakfast… tomorrow cereal returns – Ivy and I played pirates on the deck. We were caught up in a storm and then attacked by bad pirates. I broke out my trusty “arghh” pirate voice and we […]
Read more "Captain"Greg, my pastor in Augusta, grew up on a dairy farm. So for staff retreat one year we made a stop at his dad’s farm. We were able to milk cows. And while we were there his dad was in the middle of an artificial insemination. Let me step back. The farm world is high-tech. […]
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