by design | Mar 30, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ve been thinking about swimming lately. Not because I like to swim because I don’t. Swimming for me is not the fluid or powerful strokes of an Olympian, but struggling to avoid drowning. I remember my mother taking a station wagon load of...
by design | Mar 23, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Spring seems tantalizingly close, even though it’s cold and rainy today. By this time of the year most of us are sick of winter, and any “backsliding” of spring is unacceptable. We even give the cold-snaps of spring colorful names like redbud or...
by design | Mar 16, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Aches and pains are a fact of life as you get older. I don’t remember a lot of painful conditions as a kid, even with injuries. My brothers and I often went barefoot in those halcyon days of summer, and I remember a “stone bruise” of my heel that...
by design | Mar 9, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson A new star has appeared in the heavens, and nothing will be the same for us again. Astrology is a pseudoscience which believes the orientation of heavenly bodies when we’re born determines our character and personality. I’m a scientist and I don’t...
by design | Mar 2, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson We were hungry as we rolled into our neighborhood Krystal restaurant. Becky, the Boy and I needed a pit stop to refuel from a morning of errands which included a trip to the dump. The lives of Grandparents seem to revolve around activities with...
by design | Feb 9, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson It’s difficult not to be discouraged these days. I sometimes wonder if the uninformed are happier. However, how can anyone not be aware of the ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) savages or call them anything else? After all, they murder and...
