The state department of transportation in my area utilizes electronic message boards to convey what it considers to be useful information or helpful reminders. Sometimes it is indeed useful – missing person alerts, detours and delays, traffic issues, and weather alerts – and sometimes the messages fall into the realm of punny safety tips. Recently…
Tag: perspective
Progress
“Slow progress is still progress.” “Your direction is more important than your speed.” “Slow progress is better than no progress.” These are just a few of the quotes I’ve heard most recently that relate to keeping perspective when it comes to growth. I’m not going to rain on that parade; I’m just going to add…
Pinching Fruit
It’s about this time of year that fruit tree growers have a habit of truly mystifying the casual observer. After obsessing over the temperatures, and the timing of frost compared to bloom, and the merits of cover versus no cover, and what risks post-pollination frost poses to the harvest, it would seem that finally, a…
Miriam
One of the individuals from the Bible to which I’ve mentally returned repeatedly over the course of the last several months is Miriam. Compared with her brothers – Moses the renowned prophet and servant of the Lord who led the Israelites out of Egypt, and Aaron the original high priest who served as Moses’ spokesman…