Our addiction to gambling

Are you as concerned as I am about the marriage of professional sport and gambling? Not only are we being deluged by advertising about sports gambling, but the organizations, players and systems are aligning themselves to use gambling to promote sport! And I suspect that those involved don’t know how dangerous this is. Judas sold…

A little bragging…

I’ve written several times about our kids, how proud we are of them and of their accomplishments. They are very different from each other which showed up pretty early in life. Jason loved reading and read some of the great classic literature while very young. When we went camping he loved to bring a good…

The winning chair

 The chair sanded back to clean wood Some time ago, perhaps around 2009 or 2010 Phil entered a skills competition for apprentice carpenters. I am trying to remember accurately but I believe he was in his final year as an apprentice – and was on the verge of having his status as a journeyman carpenter….