I’ve been fortunate enough to find a cozy spot under a tree in my backyard where I added a few stepping stones and a comfy bench – a perfect spot just to “sit a spell”.  Some mornings I take a bag of birdseed and peanuts with me when I head off the “the bench.” I...

When you were a kid, you probably asked yourself many times: “What to I want to be when I grow up?” Some of us wanted to be farmers, firemen, policeman, doctors, nurses, models, hairdressers, etc. – the possibilities when we were really young seemed endless. And as...

Before we had modern technology on ships and other sailing vessels, folks relied on lighthouses to guide them. Lighthouses are still known for their life-saving beacons of light, guiding sailors and their ships away from dangerous rocks, leading them to safer...