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“I yam who I yam.”

What the people we love say to us shapes our character, how we view the world and what we achieve. Why else would two 50-plus men remember long ago sayings like, “Every man needs a hammer,” and, “Do it right or not at all”?

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Birds, Amish, Community

Every October, swarms of starlings and blackbirds float over the freshly mowed wheat and corn fields here in NE Ohio. In a symphony

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Hipsters? Handpainted axes?

Very interesting blog post at fastcodesign.com Thanks for saying that at Lehman’s authenticity is, well, authentic! Galen Lehman, President, Lehman’s

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$10 an hour

Life is about relationships. How we go about starting and maintaining those relationships can take some unusual forms. I don’t think “how” matters, though.

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Wrong Way!

An amazing story of the American ingenuity and determination that made this country great. And, of not getting the credit you deserve. Would you risk your life to become the butt of jokes? Wrong Way Corrigan did!

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Get ready!

Milton Hershey buried a coffee can when trouble threatened. What are you doing? What should you be doing? I’ll try to get you started!

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Apples, apples, apples! (3 things to do if you’ve got lots)

The iron that entered the soul when all those 50-pound crates of apples were purchased at the orchard tends to oxidize when those boxes are lugged into the kitchen and just sit there, waiting for you to DO something with them. Three handy solutions are: DRY ‘EM, PIE ‘EM, AND BUTTER ‘EM.

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Because it matters…

Sometimes we are nice because Mom told us to be nice. Sometimes we are nice for…well, other (possibly more selfish) reasons.

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