Here is an industry that I am sure has been making good progress. Fake plants.
Now, I am no stranger to this topic, as I had a small fake tree in a small store that I once owned. I wanted some greenery inside the store, the natural light was almost non-existent, so fake fit the bill.
According [...]
I want to share an interesting PSA (public service announcement) with you. It is about how our youth are so trusting and tend to post too much personal info on-line. Share this with the youth in your household, either by showing them the video, or by having a talk about the dangers.
I love the way so many people are willing to help. I am struggling with getting simple video type files working on sites like YouTube. People who I have never met are sending me ideas and tips to try, and they expect nothing back, except that I’ll do the same for someone else in the [...]
The weather was beautiful this weekend and I went out for a walk more than once. As I was walking along on one of my outings I noticed that I had a small bit of gravel in one shoe. I did the easy lazy thing and just convinced it to move off to the side [...]
I hate washing forks.
Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.
Winston Churchill
A number of examples came to light this weekend, of people not thinking much about those around them.
(1) A neighbour in the apartment building went to move his laundry from washer to dryer, only to find that someone had lifted the lid of the washer and not put it back down. The washer was still [...]
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
Oprah Winfrey
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs
even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor
spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in
that gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
I gave my eldest daughter a few basic driving lessons and allowed her to go out practicing with me on Sunday mornings, when there was little traffic.
One day, on the way home from such a practice session, with Stephanie driving, we passed her boyfriend, who was walking to our place. I turned to wave at [...]
