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82Grocery Shopping with Parkinson's
A funny thing happened in the grocery store the other day. I was in the toothpaste aisle and I was kneeling. No, I wasn’t worshiping the toothpaste. I was kneeling so that I could read the prices on the bottom shelf. While I was kneeling, I...
2 comments71Racquetball with Parkinson's
My youngest son has recently picked up the sport of racquetball and asked me if I wanted to play a match with him. No father in his right mind would turn down that opportunity for father-son time, so I assented to his proposal and off we went to the...
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80Surrounded by Cute Chicks -- Why We Raise Chickens
Our family expanded this past Friday (March 9, 2012) as seven chicks were added to our poultry arsenal, giving us a current total of 21 hens. These seven little chicks are beautiful, and the witch's line from Macbeth could appropriately be modified...
1 comment75Homeschooling and Social Skills Problems? Really?
My family attended the annual North Carolina Home Educators Conference this past weekend in Winston-Salem, the twenty-fifth year of the conference. In the last twenty-five years, homeschooling has rapidly grown in the state, and the success of...
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75Natural Predators and a Very Brave Wife (or Snakes in the Chicken Coop, Alas!)
My tendency is to want to start by saying that it started out as a normal evening in our household, almost mundane by anyone else's measure, while in fact it was anything but typical. I should preface the...
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68Fifty Years: A Golden Anniversary Observed
It promised to be a busy day in the life of Frederic Jay Schnoor, graduating senior from the University of Nebraska. First of all, there was the graduation itself. Receiving his degree in Mechanical Engineering, he was prepared to go out and face...
3 comments68What Drives Me to Write
The midnight hour has arrived. Saturday has just ended; Sunday is beginning quietly; and I should be in bed, getting ready for a busy morning at church. I feel compelled to write, though, and I thought I would spend a few minutes writing about...
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68On Backyard Projects and Chicken Coops
With our eleven baby chicks growing quickly, we need to build a home for them. We do have one small chicken coop already, occupied by our six adult hens. Everything we have read indicates that we should not...
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79A Case For Raising Chickens
Raising chickens has been a great way for my four kids to learn about life and to gain new skills. Besides basic pet raising skills, the chickens have given us opportunity to learn about politics, carpentry,...
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76Using an Extractor to Harvest North Carolina Honey from Bee Hives
My wife and my middle two kids (ages 16 and 13) are certified North Carolina beekeepers. They have several hives out in the garden, and every year in the May and June time frame is when we harvest the honey. I say "we" because even though I am not...
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