2007

For most of us life is a gift that we tend to take for granted not realizing just how suddenly it can end. Given that as a basis for this article I suppose I should explain what has motivated me to write it.
A few years ago my then teen age daughters had a dear friend [...]

Table Rock Lake is located in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. The lake itself was created in the late 1950s when Table Rock Dam was created. The creation of the resultant lake destroyed only one village, the village of Oasis which was situated on the south side of Long Creek across the stream [...]

This book was written in 1877 and is a first-hand account of the infamous Mountain Meadows Massacre by the only Mormon convicted of participating in that heinous act of unadulterated human slaughter. This shocking autobiography was written as Lee sat in jail awaiting his execution for the slaughter of more than 120 men, women, and [...]

The Beverly Lewis Abram’s Daughters series of books are perfect for those desiring to learn more about the Amish culture or desiring fine Christian reading material with an emphasis on the belief in saved by Grace not by Works. Beginning with her novel The Covenant and ending with her 5th book of the series, The [...]

Gomez-Jurado’s debut thriller, already a bestseller in
Spain, is a fascinatingly complex tale that focuses on recent events as seen though the eyes of three very different lead characters. These various fictional characters are then mingled with real-life figures such as John Negroponte, who currently serves as the United States Deputy Secretary of State, who plays [...]

Living in the middle of the U.S. one can expect to hear of tornado warnings and watches whenever two opposing weather fronts come into contact. The resulting condition then produces a violent storm that appears as a funnel-shaped cone descending from the clouds with winds that reach up to 300 miles per hour. Tornado season [...]

Earthquakes are frequently so slight that you cannot feel them but are you prepared for when a bigger one strikes?
An earthquake is an adjustment of the earths surface that causes movement along cracks called fault lines. They are measured by something called a Richter scale which ranges from 1 to 10 in regards to the [...]

After the devastating fires that shook Southern California this past month, all of us should be re-awakened to how terrible a fires aftermath can be to those touched by its fury. Despite this, however, the Public-Private Safety Council estimates that 4% of U.S. homes do not have smoke alarms and that another 20% have non-functioning [...]

Go Airlines is a division of MESA Airlines which was founded by Larry Risley in 1982. They began with scheduled service between Farmington and Albuequerque, New Mexico using a passenger Piper Chieftain. I admire Mr. Risley, who is an airplane mechanic by trade, who started by mortgaging his house and managed to develop Mesa Airlines [...]

If you need to eliminate some clutter consider transferring your dusty old VHS tapes to DVDs. Not only will this save you some storage space it will also provide for longer term viewing pleasure and make for convenient sharing with friends and family.
 
You aren’t tech savvy, so how do you accomplish this? Why not try [...]