Month: September 2025

I held my wife’s hand as the surgeon sliced open a cist, stuck a probe into it, and cleaned it out while blood and puss squirted out. All of this was done without anesthetic because she is allergic to most of them. The nurses, surgeons, and I were all amazed by my wife’s bravery. Why…

“If I were you, I’d order the most expensive thing on the menu,” suggested our waiter. Of course he would say that, because the bigger our bill, the bigger his tip. However, his advice also made sense for us since our Alaskan tour was all inclusive. No matter the cost, it had already been paid….

What is love, and how do you know if you are in it? While visiting Denali National Park this summer, I met an Athabascan instructor who talked to our tour group about the concept of love in her culture. She told a story about her aunt. One day her parents brought her to the river….

The airport shuttle delivered us to our hotel in Fairbanks, Alaska at 2:00 am to the surprise of Karlynn, the night manager. She had been expecting us on June 29, not July 29. When we failed to show, our reservation was cancelled. Good news! Someone had called at 1:30 am to cancel their reservation, so…