Maranda, my daughter, called this morning deeply distraught. She had spent hours and many late nights working on a nursing project for one of her classes due this morning. She tu...
There are signs all around us. So this morning, I decided to count all the signs I saw from my house to the school while I drove. It did not take long for me to give up counting,...
My friends and I had just completed our first freshmen quarter at Walla Walla College. We decided to go winter camping on the way home for Christmas break because one of our frien...
Sometimes life is weird. Have you ever heard about the chicken that had its head chopped off but lived for 18 months? He was named Mike the Headless Chicken. If you don’t believ...
We have heard, “Timing is everything.” Before my wife, Armetta, and I started dating, a young man asked her out on a date. (He had good taste) He invited her to the Nutcracker i...
The world loves soccer. The world has gathered in Qatar for the World Cup or glued to their devices to watch the matches. The fans are crazy with emotions. If you are a soccer f...
Everyone is invited to this year's FAA Christmas Concert.
I have shared this thought before, but I always find it fresh every Christmas season. This is the season to wrap and unwrap gifts. Of course, there is an art to these experiences....
My wife’s family has been talking a lot about inheritance this week. After fifty-two years in the same house, her parents have decided to move into a retirement center. Now the c...
Mrs. Helen Yoshida passed away on November 14, 2022. Below is a tribute to her from her family.Mrs. Helen Yoshida was the beloved wife of Charles Yoshida, the mother to three lovi...
November 11, 2022, is Veteran’s Day. I want to thank every veteran in the FAAmily for the years of defending, maintaining, and improving our American rights and freedoms.
I dro...
Today I took my Western Art History class to the Fresno Art Museum for a field trip. We first walked through the gallery to get an overview of the art. There are four main exhibi...
Have you found yourself desperate and in a desperate situation? I have. At least three times, I was in desperation due to extreme pain. First, when I was twelve years old, my in...
“Not again,” I muttered when the lights flickered and went off. I sat in total darkness in my one-room Student Mission house in Magdalena, Bolivia. I should not have been surpris...
This past Wednesday, I had an MRI scan due to persistent lower back pain. I have had several MRIs, so I knew the routine. I knew I would be lying on my back in a tube for thirty-...
It was the last night of our four-day canoe trip in Minnesota’s boundary waters. There was a magical spot before us, a wooded Island in the middle of the lake. My wife and I pl...
Don’t let me drive your car. I may jinks it. In the last weeks, two vehicles I was driving had their engine light come on. The last time something like this happened to one of m...