Volunteers pick and learn about harvest
What's better than sleeping in on the weekend? For me, it's helping one of our local wineries during their annual harvest. On an early Saturday morning in September, I was lucky enough to be a part of the Satori Cellars Volunteers - an enthusiastic group of friends, family and wine club members who join together to pick and sort grapes out in the vineyard.
Getting Out: Start toward goals with one step
Conventional wisdom says that we learn life’s lessons in the school of hard knocks, and I suppose that is true. But I have learned many of life’s most important lessons during my outdoor wanderings.
The Panama Canal: An impossible dream comes true
Man's battle with nature has never been more dramatically told than through the true story of building a canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
Solyndra won’t stop dawning of solar energy industry
After listening to President Obama's speech he gave on jobs to a
There is more than one way to save for college
With changes coming to Coverdell Education Savings Accounts in
Painful year brings forth new sense of self
With just days left in 2013, I’ve been ruminating on the past year and wondering what the future may hold. Personally, it’s been a tumultuous year and a half and I’m hopeful the winds will begin to shift come 2014.
Male calicos rare, but not more valuable
Q: I heard that male calico cats are extremely rare and valuable. Is this true? And why haven’t people tried to cash in on this?
Financial considerations for 2014
Next year is really not too far away. Fall is the time of year when the financially savvy start to look for ways to reduce their taxes and make year-end moves in pursuit of key financial objectives.
