How to succeed at the waiting game.

How to succeed at the waiting game.

Happy Easter! As we enter this time of remembrance and new growth, we are humbled and honored to recollect what this time means both for us as a community and individuals. Of course, redemption was not without its share of pain, suffering, and waiting. The world had...
Loving, Living, Leading and Giving Locally

Loving, Living, Leading and Giving Locally

Chances are high that you have been viewing signs, ads, and commercials telling you to “buy local” or partner with local businesses to give them a boost, to show your appreciation for the people near you, and to help keep them solvent during these uncertain financial...
Barn Raising Parties, Perka Style !

Barn Raising Parties, Perka Style !

Back in the “old days”, whenever farmers were faced with some daunting task, like gleaning an entire field or building a new barn, they gathered all their friends and neighbors and turned the event into a party. While this tradition has not completely died out, it has...
Ahead of Success

Ahead of Success

Former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, has been attributed to saying, “Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” While the facts are such that he never actually said anything of the sort, it would...
NEW ROOF OR MUSH ROOMS?

NEW ROOF OR MUSH ROOMS?

What do you call a room that has no walls and no roof, in the middle of a rainstorm? A mush-room! *insert groan laughter here*!! While that is maybe not a very funny joke, it just goes to show that, without walls and roof cover, things would not be funny, and we would...