by design | Jan 27, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
I Have Car Fever By Joe Rector Sickness is at hand. So many “bugs” and viruses are in the air that almost all of us will at some point succumb to the effects of them. Covid, no matter how many people deny its existence, still hits folks to varying degrees. I’ve had a...
by design | Jan 20, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Complaining about the weather By Joe Rector The weather forecasters are warning folks in our area of “possible” dangerous conditions. In fact, they tell us that multiple winter storms are stacking up on the west coast and are heading, one after the other, for the east...
by design | Jan 6, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
We are made for kindness By Joe Rector Amy and I made plans for travel to a special destination for our 50th anniversary. Those plans melted in tears with the unexpected passing of our son Dallas in September. Since that time, we’ve become the owner of a second...
by design | Dec 30, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
It’s Resolution Time By Joe Rector Thousands of folks, perhaps even millions of them, will begin the year 2025 with pledges to change things in their lives. We have a way of trying to start each year with resolutions to better ourselves. Some people feel the stress of...
by design | Dec 23, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Maybe next year By Joe Rector Christmas is barreling at us like a run-away eighteen- wheeler. I’m not sure how, but my shopping is completed. Of course, I only have to buy for Amy. She’s the one who runs herself ragged and fights the crowded stores as she searches for...
by design | Dec 16, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
The Greatest Creation By Joe Rector The human brain fascinates me. It is, by far, the best computer ever made. Some technological folks might cite at least a half dozen reasons that prove my statement incorrect. Changing their minds is impossible, so I’ll leave them...