Sometimes things in life just happen, bizarre things, potentially embarrassing things. Like the time I went to work with two different shoes on. I think we have all been there, shirt inside out, collar sticking up, shirt buttoned lopsided, tags sticking out, belt loops missed, etc,…
I have this amazing little black raspberry bush in my front yard. Also known as black caps, these berries grow wild seemingly everywhere including the nature trail close to where I live. It seems this black cap bush likes the Rose of Sharon that it is…
As a kid growing up in school, I never fancied myself as much of a writer. I mean I could be grammatically correct but my desire to write was pretty much non-existent. Over the years I have been encouraged to write many times. For a while…
Subtitle: Short Cuts and Cheap Things If you are like me, you have most likely tried to take short cuts to save time or bought something cheap to try and save money. Every cheap car, tool, shoe, etc that I have ever owned has cost me…
Sometimes when I get on the bike I just want to ride. I don’t want to go too far and I don’t want to go too fast. Sometimes just being out there is good enough. It is a time for me to pray, meditate and in…
I am one of those people, I just don’t smile much. People tell me I don’t look happy. I personally think being happy is over rated. There is a famous whitewater kayaker and Olympian named Eric Jackson. He says that things are rarely as good or…
My father was a logger and a farmer. He grew up on a family farm and it was in his blood. You could say that logging was just another type of farming, harvesting trees as the crop. When I was growing up we had many gardens. …
Often in my prayer time, I consider people and situations that have left me feeling unsettled. More often than not God reveals to me that I am the problem and not the situation or other people. It really is the easy way out to play the…
I really debated with myself about writing this article as I don’t like politics or taking sides. If you’ve read “I Am Neither” (https://www.andrew-baldwin.com/2019/04/08/i-am-neither/) you know that I believe in being American, not being a party affiliation. That being said, let’s give this issue a whirl.…
AS a kid growing up seeing a lot of wildlife was somewhat a rare occurrence. I can never recall seeing any wild turkeys or foxes or coyotes and not that many deer either. I lived basically out in the middle of nowhere so seeing wild critters…