Selling popcorn and coupon books was a sport for me in Boy Scouts. Everyone knows that they Boy Scouts have their buttery popcorn that is way overpriced. I took selling…
Palm Pilots were state of the art twenty years ago. I remember I was the only one in Middle School who had "a palm." I used it all the time…
One of my top ten trees has to be the Forest Pansy Redbud. The brilliant "scarlet-purple" color on the bare branches are breathtaking to me. I love how they are…
Many days, I would cut three to four yards in a row. Before I could legally drive, I had to carry all my equipment with me. Dad and I built…
Mr. Chaplin asked me one day to help him under his house. He had a home that was sitting on a sloped lot, where the right side of the property…
Anything I wanted to buy during Middle School and High School, I had to pay for it myself. Meaning, I never received an allowance. Today, I am truly grateful for…
Dad came home one day with a brand new shiny red 21” Toro push self-propelled lawnmower. I guess his old one died or something, I’m not sure, but all I…
In the September 2000 edition of Entrepreneur Magazine, there was a section on “Start-Ups”, and I was so excited about the full page add on Vendstar® idea. The advertisement said…
As a young teen, I didn’t know all of the options and I surely didn’t know everything, but I did know what was NOT going to happen…living in the Warren…
“If you want a truck one day, son, you are going to have to make some money,” dad said. “I’ll pay for half of your first vehicle up to $4000.…