Yesterday evening I was playing basketball in a league with some friends. It has been a very disappointing season but fun and good exercise nonetheless. However, as I was running back to prevent an opposing player from scoring, I planted my foot to stop myself and at that moment everything changed. I felt a “pop”…
From leaks in our showers, drains, sinks, toilets, a window well, a dishwasher, and just about every other source in our house, we are no strangers to water problems. But the issue has usually been about containing the water. As of this morning, however, our townhome complex has been without water for a full day. …
In his book, Holy Sweat, Tim Hansel recounted an interesting personal story. “One day, while my son Zac and I were out in the country, climbing around in some cliffs, I heard a voice from above me yell, ‘Hey Dad! Catch me!’ I turned around to see Zac joyfully jumping off a rock straight at…
As an airplane was on its way to Paris, a report came in about heavy fog in “the City of Lights.” The fog was so severe that landing the plane in Paris was completely out of the question. So, the aircraft was diverted to another city about 190 miles away where the passengers were to…
I don’t know what has been in the water the last year or two, but it seems like more and more people are beginning to believe in karma. What is karma? It is the belief that a deed we do will directly affect our future. In other words, if I do something bad, then bad…
We have been discussing these ominous winged animals in the past few articles. We have talked about the need for the bat in our environment. We discussed their masterfully designed feet for hanging, their incredibly flexible, sensitive, and special wings, as well as their unique reproductive system. While all of these are great, none of…
Bats are awesome. Period. Last time we talked about how needed they are when it comes to controlling the insect population and spreading plant seeds. We also talked about the complexity of the bat’s feet and how they are perfectly designed to hang upside down for extremely long periods of time. The bat’s unique abilities…
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