Big Questions… Thawing the Ground to Plant Trees 22 Jun 2021 During one of our evening Wednesday Night Men's Group meetings at The Bricks one of my friends shared his experience in what we will call 'purposeless busyness'. At a former…
Motivation Walking the Mountain Bike 3 Dec 2020 Mountain biking always held a romantic appeal to me. Crisscrossing rugged terrain while avoiding trees and boulders while zipping through the beautiful scenery at top speeds. Again this was the…
Motivation… 1/8″ Matters…Thoughts on Measuring Change 28 Jul 201928 Jul 2019 Over the month of July we have been building our new shop metal/wood rack. This has required a lot more metal than I had envisioned and I've been calling Salina…
Motivation… Building a Future Worthy of Our Lives 17 Jul 2019 Last month we wrapped up another successful Middle School Summer Shop Camp! Over the course of the camp it was so exciting to see what our upper level campers decide…
Motivation Character Building and some Gutter Cleaning 29 May 201914 Sep 2021 Nothing says...or smells, quite like spring, then cleaning the roof gutters. This year especially has been a horrible affair! It has been perpetually raining for the past month and we…
Motivation… Nails, Screws, and Commitment 26 May 2019 As we approach another season of Middle School Shop Camps, I'm reminded of a now slightly funny, but overall teachable moment. One of our campers had finished constructing their wood…
Education Culture… Playing Basketball in Socks… 19 May 201919 May 2019 It was quite the sight... My students still wanted me to play basketball so they could have even teams, but I was still wearing muck boots from our afternoon Natural…
Motivation Work in Progress 21 Apr 2019 This spring has felt like a focused whirlwind... Working on landscapes [and our patchy, bare lawn] around our house... Preparing our new facilities for the spring open house and next…
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