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The Power of Laughter

Laughter is the best even when it’s not you At first it was distracting. I’m sitting in a cafe, in the very back corner, so I can hear on a Skype call. I had to put my ear buds in because the g ...

Mama Said There Be Days Like This

Some days I just know I'm an idiot. It becomes abundantly apparent when I least want it to, such as the day I went hiking with my friends Al and Janet in the nearby foothills to Greider Lake. It was r ...

Distraction: The Root of All Evil

Distraction is where it’s at in our culture today. We love our distractions. Wouldn’t give them up if our life depended on it and, much to our dismay, it seemingly does. We hang on to bad eating h ...

Things to Tell Your Kids: The Richard Sherman Interview

What you might want to tell your kids about the Richard Sherman rant that hadn’t crossed your mind. Likely that many families have seen and are teaching about the Seattle Seahawks player Richard Sh ...

Who Made Up These Stories Anyway?

Being said in houses and huts around the world: “I have to yell at my kids to get them to do anything.” “I repeat myself constantly but they never do what I say.” “Well, you know teenager ...

What is The Story?

Us & Them: One Type of Story When I was a teenager, bumper-stickers started popping up with the saying ‘Don’t California-ize Washington’. Curious about what this meant, I asked my mother wh ...

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