by Rick | Jul 9, 2013 | Blog
I have pounded tens of thousands of nails and can only recall smashing my thumb with a hammer one time. I was twelve years old and it still hurts. Or at least the memory of it does. I first learned to build things out of wood when I was in High School by helping my...
by Rick | Jul 4, 2013 | Blog
A year ago, yesterday, I was parked along the interstate in Kansas City ready to dial 9-1-1 because it felt like someone took a chainsaw to my sternum and yanked out my still-beating heart. I had just received a haphazardly written email with typos from three out of...
by Rick | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog
A mother noticed her children were huddled around something in the yard. Curiously, she moved towards the children to discover their giggling fascination with whatever object they encircled. Parting the children, she gasped in horror as she saw several baby skunks....
