Category Archives: Nature

10 signs you’re ready for a beach vacay

Hawaiian shirt Friday is preceded by Hawaiian shirt Monday through Thursday. You take naps in a hammock. In your neighbor’s yard. When you hold a piece of paper, you can’t tell where your hand ends and the paper begins. Yes, you’re that pale. It’s still colder outside your house than inside your refrigerator. You referContinue reading “10 signs you’re ready for a beach vacay”

Four Days of Vacation: A Thanksgiving Story

I drove down to Florida Wednesday afternoon to spend Thanksgiving with my family. I’ve realized over the past few years that usually my “vacations” are always fun, but more exhausting than my “real life.” This trip was no exception. Here’s my family. At first I was worried about traffic because the day before Thanksgiving isContinue reading “Four Days of Vacation: A Thanksgiving Story”

Miracles, What Are They Anyway?

After barely making the playoffs, your favorite hockey team wins the Stanley Cup. Not a miracle. Speeding down the highway in the pouring rain, just missing the jack-knifed semi-truck trailer. Not a miracle. A man turning water into wine. Miracle. The word miracle is far too often associated with something that is simply not miraculous.Continue reading “Miracles, What Are They Anyway?”

Hummingbirds, Dancing, and Game Shows

This summer has blown by faster than a hummingbird’s eyelid. Actually, that kind of sounds like the name of a race horse… “…coming around the outside and moving into 1st place ahead of ‘My Other Mustang Is A Car,’ it’s ‘Hummingbird’s Eyelid.’ I tell you what, folks, ‘Hummingbird’s Eyelid’ is as fast as a TennesseeContinue reading “Hummingbirds, Dancing, and Game Shows”