Aug 212026
 

Before I do anything else today, I want to congratulate our granddaughter Destiny on another achievement. As I’ve shared with you before, while attending her last year of high school, Destiny was also attending cosmetology classes at Northland Pioneer College here in Show Low. She graduated from both in the same week, and yesterday she […]

A Second Opinion

 Posted by at 12:03 am  Nick's Blog
Feb 142026
 

I’m not the only one in our home with a bad back. Terry was born with double scoliosis, which has given her back issues forever and for the last two years or so, she’s had increasingly worse pain in her neck. Chiropractic hasn’t helped, and after getting MRIs done and having a couple of appointments […]

The Best Laid Plans

 Posted by at 12:30 am  Nick's Blog
Jan 072026
 

Scottish poet Robert Burns was spot-on with his famous line, “The best-laid plans of mice and men oft’ go awry.” But you know the origin of that poem? Legend has it that Burns was plowing the fields at his farm late in the year when he accidentally destroyed a mouse’s nest, something the little critter […]

Playing In The Dirt

 Posted by at 12:04 am  Nick's Blog
Aug 062025
 

I wanted to use the title My Wife Plays Dirty for today’s blog, but Terry wouldn’t let me. She is such a spoilsport. Something about not sullying her reputation. The woman lives with me, what kind of reputation could she possibly have? That ship has already sailed. At any rate, she is loving the fact […]

Making Room

 Posted by at 12:13 am  Nick's Blog
Jul 162025
 

We have a large gravel parking area at our house, but ever since we moved in it’s been hard to access the best part of it because our cargo trailer has been parked in front of the garage, still waiting to be completely emptied out. I had most of it done except for our four […]