To read to the full article, go to The Story Shelf in the top bar, and scroll down, or click here. Here's some good advice for anyone buying land for a home site, "Never fall in love with it." Love hides flaws. Below are some quotes from this two part article. RIVER DEEP I’ve never heard anyone say, “I want a home like a palace, and oh by the way I want it on low land, below a dam.” In this case, although it wasn’t on Mr. and Mrs. Seclusion’s list either, that’s exactly what they … [Read more...]

To read the full article click The Story Shelf in the top bar, then scroll down, or click here. An observation on the collision of machinery and perceptions. "I don’t think it’s fair that a machine is allowed to make such a mockery of my worldly gain..."   To read the full article click The Story Shelf in the top bar, then scroll down, or click here. … [Read more...]

I have been cursed by a client! Really!! It was a curse placed upon me by a white-magic-practicing witch. It was 1977, my first year in business. I was contacted by a local owner of one of those trendy “enlightened” book stores. More than a book store owner, she was a self-proclaimed doctor of parapsychology, a psychic, a fortune teller, a mystic, a seer, a spirit-channeling guide, a link to (mentally add mysterious music and echos) the other side….. side…. side…. side. She wanted me to … [Read more...]