•A Latin Dictionary Saved My Life
In many ways, I have never been much of a student, especially if you are talking about being a student within the confines of a classroom. I've always loved learning, don't get me wrong, but get me inside a classroom for months on end and there is little that can be done to keep me interested in even the most fascinating subjects. I have no real idea how I managed to make it through four years of college. My Latin class in particular almost had the power to ruin my college career. I am...
•Attention All Skiers: Try Snowboarding!
Do you love winter? Or, more importantly, do you love spending time in the cold winter weather? If so, and you are looking for a great new activity to try this winter, consider snowboarding.
For many people, the idea of snowboarding sounds dangerous, like it was only for crazy teenage boys. The idea of skiing down a large hill or mountain sounds scary enough and the idea of doing it with a snowboard sounds too hard to be tried. If these are your thoughts, you should think again. Whether you...
•Choose An Aquarium For The Kids
The chances are high that as long as you have kids they will continue to ask for new things, better things, and more entertaining things. They will ask for the latest toys, electronics, and games. At some point they will ask for expensive clothes, cell phones and cars. Probably most kids will ask for a pet at least once during their childhood years. Making a pet a part of your family can actually be a very positive thing for everyone involved. Consider getting an aquarium full of fish the next...
•Choose The Right Furniture
If you are lucky enough to have a bar in or near your kitchen, then you know what a useful place a bar can be. Those who live without a bar don't know the way that it adds space and seating options and the way it allows families to gather for short or long times in a setting more informal than at the dining room table. My kitchen bar has become the gathering place for my children both before and after school. We use that spot so much that my wife and I knew we needed to be intentional about...
•Good Reasons To Send Email Cards Instead
I love technology. I love all of the ways that technology has made my life easier and more simple. I guess I'm a guy that likes things as uncomplicated as possible, so that is in fact why I have come to treasure the gift that the internet truly is. There are so many ways that the internet has affected my life that I'm not sure where to begin. I guess I'll share that the internet has affected my relationships immensely and hence my life is different too. One small but significant way that the...
•Grab An Atlas And Learn
One of my favorite things about life is the ability to learn. >From a young age my parents instilled in me and my siblings the fact that learning is a privilege that should not be taken lightly. We were never allowed to take school for granted and we were always encouraged to do extra learning. My mom could magically turn almost any activity into an opportunity for learning something new. I loved that about her. She was always bringing us out into the garden with her to learn about growing...
•I've Learned To Love Teen Art
I have loved art for as long as I can remember. As a child I spent hour after hour doing art projects of all kinds with my mother and my siblings. We would paint, practice sewing or create things out of clay for hours on end. I never knew that the amount of art projects we worked on was abnormal until I got a bit older and heard all of my friends and school talking about their years of playing with trucks and action figures or being outside building forts. I guess our mother wanted us to be...
•Make A Visit To Aruba
I love nothing more than sitting down with someone or a family of people and helping them to plan their next vacation. Why? Well, a few reasons I guess. First, I love to go on vacation. I have loved travel for as long as I can remember, so I love infecting other people with the travel bug. I also love helping people plan trips because I know that life is short and I believe that it was meant to be enjoyed. So I love helping people escape from it all and enjoy time somewhere nice. One of my...
•On Picking The Right Graduation Song
When I was graduating from high school and then from college, there were many details that I was trying to think through and many decisions that I was trying to make, not the least of which was what graduation song I would choose to represent my transition from one season of life to the next. You see, among my family and friends it is tradition for anyone graduating to choose a graduation song to be sort of the theme of their accomplishment and their place in life.
If you have never heard of...
•Simple Tips For Hair Restoration
One of the biggest annoyances in life is hair loss. As a physician, I encounter people every day that are experiencing different levels of hair loss. Some have just started to notice that their hair is thinning while others barely have any hair left at all. I don't want to minimize the seriousness of many people's condition or of the process of hair restoration. In this space, however, I'll simply share a few tips that will help most people (not all people) dealing with hair loss in the...
•The Great Barrier Reef: A Must See
It has been my privilege over the past twenty years to travel to many parts of the globe. When I was hired to be a traveling photojournalist for a popular travel magazine, I had no real idea what kind of life lay ahead of me. I never really expected to spend weeks on an African safari or climbing the Great Wall of China. I guess I sort of expected that my job would take me to places like Kansas and Canada. I have made it to nearly one hundred countries now, and I have a short list of favorite...
•The Power Of A Reward
Whether you are a teacher, parent or business owner, you probably know that people require consistent motivation in order to keep moving, growing, and being productive. Your four year old daughter and your thirty year old employee need reasons to do the things you're asking of them. There are many ways to motivate people, but perhaps one of the best ways of motivating people of all ages is to give an award.
An award can be given for a variety of reasons. I know no one that doesn't love to be...
•Why I've Always Wanted A Garden Fountain
I have always been smitten with the smallest things in life. In fact, even as a kid I remember being fascinated with small things and with finding beauty in places that most people ignored. So when it came time to purchase a home for me and my own family, there were naturally so many detail things that I was concerned about. As an architect, I was obviously concerned in detail with the layout of the house and with the way each room would fit into the bigger plan for the house. But I was also...
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