Dinner the duck

Greg’s high school biology class was studying imprinting. That’s where a hatchling latches on to the first thing it sees after breaking out of its shell, thinking that thing is its mother. To bring the lessons home to the students, each was given a duck to take care of and to observe the imprinting process…

The Coyote Ate My Car

You’ve heard the excuse “the dog ate my homework” and probably laughed, knowing that it was just an excuse. But something happened to us that has since made me a believer. Kevin had parked our Toyota outside on the driveway one night instead of putting it in the garage. The weather was warm and not particularly…

Mailboxes in the country

Do you ever wonder why when you’re driving in the country, you see mailboxes hanging off posts, misshapen or just sitting on the ground? As far as we can tell, mailbox abuse seems to be a part of country life. During the summer, the local paper is full of police reports of damaged mail boxes….