Garner Farm Day

Farm Day

UPDATED (05/21/13): We now have an article that goes over what you learned on Farm Day, find it below! Thank you Garner Elementary!  You … [Read more...]

A Dark and Stormy Night

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"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents clattering against the windows of a small home, within such a man works … [Read more...]

Community Involvement

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We are the type of people who prefer to do our deeds quietly and unnoticed.  We are very uncomfortable when we find ourselves in the … [Read more...]

Whatever You Do, Don’t Look Down

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The sun seemed to have found something very interesting about his shoulder blades and stared at them with intensity. Somehow the light … [Read more...]

Food Cravings

Weighing the choices when there's a craving!

It can happen when you are at home or work,  and all you can think about is having something sweet or salty. You may have that little … [Read more...]

(Ir)Radiate Truth

Irradiate Hope

A few weeks ago I spent the afternoon at Regional Medical Imaging (RMI). My optometrist had seen a possible problem and a CAT scan would … [Read more...]

Carpe Momentum

The joys of old fishing line.

My wife is involved in teaching, and on one Saturday evening during the summer she had a meeting with a few other educators in a larger city … [Read more...]

The Purpose of Life

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At ThriftyPants, we are firm believers that knowledge is a fundamental key to self-sufficiency.  An individual is empowered when they hold … [Read more...]

The Albatross About My Neck Was Hung

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In 1797, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge set to writing a poem that continues to have influence on our present culture. This poem, … [Read more...]

The Zen of Personal Fabrication

Whether you love or hate Apple Computers it is hard to disagree with the fact that Steve Jobs was a visionary. There was a particular … [Read more...]