by design | Feb 14, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector For the last few days, I’ve been running a chainsaw to cut up a couple of trees that fell over into the neighbor’s field. In the process, I managed to come in contact with a poison ivy vine that was about the circumference of a rope that tree companies...
by design | Jan 17, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Well, I certainly expected some good things, or at least better ones, to come with the new year. However, fate, karma, the good Lord, or something made the decision to keep things going the same. It’s been a long stretch for even the strongest...
by design | Jan 10, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Amy and I woke up the Monday after Christmas, stretched, and fell back asleep. Both of us have entered the world of retirement, and we appreciate being here. I’ve heard so many folks my age regret their decisions to retire. They miss work and wish...
by design | Dec 27, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector joerector@comcast.net I know why I began to write all those years ago. Even as a young boy, the mood and feeling the need to write things down would come, and I climbed the steps to the upstairs bedroom, a place that was hotter than a mill in the summer...
by design | Dec 20, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I hope your Christmas shopping is finished and that it has been successful. Nothing can ruin this holiday more than being unable to find the one thing that your child wants the most from Santa Claus. A close second in disappointment is a husband’s...
by design | Dec 13, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The longer I live, the more I see that life is circular: what goes around comes back again at some point. That includes both good things and bad ones. The key is to try to improve on the way we handle those events the second time around. Bill Jones and...
