Guided Imagery - Taming the Monkey Mind - For centuries, we have been told by great philosophers that "it's all in your mind", that what we believe plays a major role in how our life unfolds. More recently, best-sellers tell us that we can create "abundance". It all sounds fine - until you are struck with the raw fear, pain, anxiety, and insomnia that often accompany the diagnosis of a major illness or a family crisis - or just a bad day at work. That's when this "mind" of yours that has previously functioned so well starts screaming at you at such a fast pace and high pitch that you can't concentrate enough to find your car keys. - read more...

Growing and Caring for Heuchera, Coral Bells - Heuchera, commonly known as Coral Bells is a great plant for your landscape. Take a look at my not so professional video about this wonderful plant: - read more...

e-Commerce - How Much Does It Cost? - Making profits with your existing website design or creating a new online store can be exciting, affordable, and most of all; rewarding. Mmmm... that's what the last sales guy told me. - read more...

How to Make Money with Your Web Site (Part II) - In part one of this article I talked about making money by selling other people's stuff. Now lets talk about making money by selling your stuff. - read more...

God's House - A House of Prayer - I want to direct your attention to two verses of scripture today. The first is Matthew 21:13 and the second is Psalm 127:1. - read more...

Controversial Movies - Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911 (2004) and Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ (2004) continued a long line of controversial films. In 1968, John Wayne decided to counter Vietnam War protests by turning The Green Berets, a collection of short stories by author Robin Moore about the superhero like exploits of the US Army Special Forces, into a movie. Eight years before, the Cowboy Star had taken a financial bath while producing The Alamo (1960) and he considered The Green Berets an appropriate freedom-fighting sequel. - read more...

Oil Shortage? - There seems to be a lot of confusion lately concerning the country's oil supply. Some say there's a shortage, some say there's a surplus. - read more...

Canine Body Language - Roger Mugford, probably the UK's leading animal behaviorist, has invented a device which fits onto a dog's back in order to measure the wag of its tail by using sensors attached to the tail. The idea is that the "wagometer" will allow you to tell what sort of mood the dog is in and whether it's likely to attack or not. - read more...

A Friend - One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd." I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. My heart went out to him. - read more...

Solving America's Drug Problem - The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?" - read more...