I've been working for a small landscaping company for the past three years, (my seventh year in the industry). It's a new company, that started just a few months before I signed on. The owner, has no landscaping experience but has a strong back ground in sales, and running a business. He very rarely ever stayed on any of the jobs we have had over the past few years, and to be honest, I have enjoyed the autonomy to run the crews the way I wanted to.

With the exception of winter,...

This was a post I wrote in Great Debates today.
My response to the statement;

My generation is going to mess up America!

As each generation passes the torch, the problem extends exponentially with the increase of population. This is written in generalizations and only scratches the surface, but I don't feel like writing this post for the next three or four days. That being said;

Every generation post WWII has played a part in the downward...

This winter has been pretty brutal. I don't run heat in my house, but typically keep a fire in the fireplace. I've ended up using a lot more wood this year than I think I have in the past three winters combined. This morning I got up a little earlier than most in order to split some more logs. It was cold!!! It was about 20 degrees. I enjoy the way the cold air tastes, so crisp, and burns a bit when I'm working hard.

I just sharpened my axe last week so it went pretty quick....

I haven't had the best of luck with animals in my life. Here are a couple of my more amusing or bizarre stories.

In 1971, my parents and grandmother took me to the San Francisco zoo. I am retelling this story from my folks perspective, since I was too young to remember it. I was in a stroller when we pulled up to the monkey exhibit. Across the enclosure was one of the larger males. For what ever reason he zoned in on me and came rushing across the enclosure screaming at the top...

I haven't used any social media in about seven or eight years. While I've had a FB account, it was the ex who would update it with photos and such. Here in the past couple months I've been on and been catching up with old friends who I haven't talked to in such a long time. Recently, through the catching up process, people have asked about my first wife. I've had to explain that she passed away.

Everyone's knee jerk reaction is one of regret for asking something that they assume...