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79Parkinson's Disease With An Attitude
Let me cut right to the chase. When dealing with something like Parkinson's Disease, it helps immensely to keep an upbeat attitude and a sense of humor about things. Parkinson's Disease is progressive. It...
4 comments77Fishing and the Art of Patience
There is no denying that fishing can teach a child patience. As the kid sits there, hour after hour, watching a little red and white bobber that is riding the waves and going up and down, up and down, up and...
15 comments73Once Upon a Phone Call Dreary
I had been at the office for seventeen hours straight, and I was beginning to fade faster than an empty ink cartridge in a print shop. No, that's not going to work. I had been working for seventeen hours...
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76A Case For Raising Chickens
Raising chickens has been a great way for my four kids to learn about life and to gain new skills. Besides basic pet raising skills, the chickens have given us opportunity to learn about politics, carpentry,...
14 comments76Homeschooling and Social Skills
My family attended the annual North Carolina Home Educators Conference this past weekend in Winston-Salem, the twenty-fifth year of the conference. In the last twenty-five years, homeschooling has rapidly...
7 comments72Jim Weiss, Gifted Storyteller
Storyteller Jim Weiss has been an integral part of our family vacations for years, and he probably doesn't even realize it. Mr. Weiss' voice has been heard on countless recordings of stories that we have...
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70Extracting North Carolina Honey
My wife and my middle two kids (ages 16 and 13) are certified North Carolina beekeepers. They have several hives out in the garden, and every year in the May and June time frame is when we harvest the honey....
14 comments69A Ripple in the Cove
She awoke before dawn, earlier than she usually did in those days, and as people tend to do, years later she would look back on that morning and realize it was a bell-weather for change. Struggling to wipe...
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68Camping and Lessons in Life
The girls were out of town this weekend, so the boys and I took advantage of our male freedom and went camping at nearby Jordan Lake. Though the weather was hot and humid, we had a great time together. ...
15 comments69A Ripple in the Cove 2
(If you have not read A Ripple in the Cove, you should read that first -- nutuba). Dressing quickly, she looked out the window but found that because it was a moonless night she could not see even the dock....
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