by Rick | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog, The Cows of Hobson's Pond
Author’s Note: I’ve decided to add a section of humor to my writings. These are more or less true stories of my youth written as any good revisionist historian with a point to prove. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did living them. All good men...
by Rick | Jan 4, 2015 | Blog, The Cows of Hobson's Pond
Author’s Note: I’ve decided to add a bit of humor to my blog about stories from my childhood of Growing Up Kansas. The statute of limitations has expired on all of these events so I can finally write about them. Hope you enjoy reading them as much I do...
by Rick | Dec 31, 2014 | Blog
My introduction to global hunger occurred as a young meat-and-taters Kansas country-boy sitting at the kitchen table in a drafty old farmhouse. Mom slopped a glob of spinach on my plate and my heart sank. Not even the dog at my feet, which would proudly eat the vilest...
by Rick | Dec 28, 2014 | Blog, Inspirational
What do you do when you see people, or animals, suffering? Most likely, you’ll respond with one of these reactions: Apathy- you don’t feel anything at all Sympathy- you feel sorry for the person or animal and might donate money to a charity Empathy- you...
by Rick | Dec 18, 2014 | Blog, Inspirational
Team A racked up eighteen fouls in the first half of the basketball game and Team B had none. I rooted for Team A, but sat by a friend rooting for Team B. After about the twelfth foul against Team A, my friend from Team B commented, “This just isn’t right. I don’t...
