by Rick | Oct 16, 2014 | Blog, Inspirational
He was a farm-boy from rural Iowa but is considered as the man who saved a billion lives. He became a scientist because his grandpa said, “”You’re wiser to fill your head now if you want to fill your belly later on.” He filled a lot of...
by Rick | Oct 2, 2014 | Blog
Was your first junior high dance as miserable as mine? My first one registered 9.6 on the Richter Scale of catastrophe to my tender adolescent soul. However, I finally got a girl to dance. I may or may not have traded her a candy bar. Our old gymnasium had a balcony...
by Rick | Sep 29, 2014 | Blog
The greatest celebrations in life are often the simplest. For example, each time I sit in my kayak without dunking myself upside down is a moment of triumph. I’ve dunked myself- and have had others dunk me- out of canoes so many times that I just assume I’ll be...
by Rick | Sep 12, 2014 | Blog
I was feeling pretty good about myself when, in fact, I was being an arrogant jerk. I was in a rural Nicaraguan village being interviewed by the government about all we had done to help the hungry people. The village’s crops had been wiped out in torrential...
by Rick | Sep 5, 2014 | Blog, Inspirational
My five-year-old granddaughter recently interned as my personal secretary. Cailyn Joy drives a hard bargain; she charged me a dollar a letter. The US Government could save a lot of money by sending Cailyn to negotiate with foreign countries rather than John Kerry. She...
