My first day working with a construction crew was one of the hardest days of my life. It was followed by several more of the hardest days of my life. Listen, if you don’t need to work construction to pay the bills, I highly advise you to avoid it. This is the most strenuous and […]

I love going to yard sales and garage sales, but what I really love is the flea market. Do you have flea markets in your area, or are they called something else? I went to something called a “swap meet” one time, and was surprised to find that it was basically just a flea market. […]

My cousin used to want to be a painter, but after dropping out of college she decided to become a sculptor instead. My family thought Bess was crazy, but I knew she was just an artistic, sensitive girl who wanted to follow her dreams. I would agree with the rest of the family that there […]

Thanks to the economic downturn the country has been facing, several local businesses have gone under recently. These are places that are well established, in some cases being fixtures in the community for decades. Alas, their time has come and gone, and they had to close for good. It’s sad, I agree, but there is […]