Hall of Famer: A hall of fame is a list of individuals usually chosen by a group of electors to mark their fame in their field. – Wikipedia With legs like oversized iron pistons, and a neck and shoulders that resembled a marble bust of an ancient Greek Olympian, Dale...
Craftsman: A person who practices or is highly skilled in a craft. – Dictionary.com It wasn’t splitting an atom or removing a brain tumor. But as I watched Don Wetzel and his crew lift our old farmhouse off its footings, I marveled at the smoothness of the operation....
Family: A basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. — Dictionary.com Lyle Jeffs isn’t exactly a household name, but his arrest last month placed the...
Public service: “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” — Nelson Mandela At a recent wedding reception a woman I know...
Upside down world: “If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary-wise; what it is wouldn’t be, and what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?” — Alice, of “Alice’s...
On words: If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. – Doug Larson, newspaper editor and columnist Over the July 4 holiday, with many grandchildren about, it wasn’t uncommon to hear the bedtime parental...
