I ordered a pair of shoes. Now if you have ever gone through this, you know that it is a very risky sort of thing. You know the shoes had to be fantastic for me to take the risk, but of course the order did not go smoothly. About four weeks from placing the order I got the dreaded email, yes the shoes I wanted were out of stock. Do…

As many people know, I live on a cattle farm and watch the seasons change from the comfort of my porch, surrounded by fields filled with cows. Spring has definitely arrived! Not only are the fields green even while the trees are still in bud, but we have five new babies wandering around among the herd. Often the only way to spot them is to look for the cow with…

”That is the way things have always been done,” people grump as if that is a viable defense for doing something one way as opposed to another. I actually enjoy traditions, doing something the way my grandmother or great grandmother did things, but I am not stuck in the past either. All too often dragons and humans see the way something was as an excuse to keep something that way…