Realtor, Author & Neighbor: Battle Creek, Michigan

Imagine your worst nightmare in terms of a neighbor.  You own a home and the guy next door who has a larger parcel of land starts to collect junk cars.  The township you are in is small and there is limited enforcement, so the problem grows.  Then one day you look out your window and realize you ...

I was out driving through a rural area once again and came across this row of hay rolls sitting in a field.  I thought the setting was a great photo.  It is quite amazing to see this and consider how much time and energy went into creating them.  I also like the perspective and the symetry. 

My wife and I decided a few weeks ago to get a dog.  We previously had no pets, and when we went looking we were determined to find  rescue dog from a shelter.  We started looking for dogs online through www.petfinder.com and began watching videos on Youtube.com about the different breeds and the...

My wife and I have been making a point to visit arts and crafts shows this summer on every weekend possible.  She visited two in Florida a few weeks ago, and I visited one in Chelsea, Michigan in May, and two weeks ago another in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Last weekend she and I took the drive over to...

In the age of 'Oh! There is an app for that!' on everyone's smart phone, I thought I would take some time this morning and throw out a few ideas for phone apps that I would like to see.  Here is my wish list for all you app inventors out there.  Please get started on making these, because I would...

Over this past winter I took on the challenge to write my first children's book.  As a topic, I took up the subject of the common childhood fear of the noises in the closet at night time.  Drawing from inspiration from some of my own experiences with old houses as a Realtor, I thought it would be...

Perhaps one of the most beautiful flowering trees is the dogwood.  I came across this one in a forest here in Michigan last Spring, and took this photo.  Years ago when I lived in Georgia, I remember having purchased my first home in the winter.  When Spring came I was pleasantly surprised to fin...

I was driving through the North side of Battle Creek about a week ago and saw that the sky not only had a stormy cloud system going on, but there was also a gray smoke cloud as well.  The skies looked quite unusual.  What I learned when I got to where I was going was that there was a very large f...

I was having a conversation with one of my colleagues at the office today about how sometimes despite the best persuasion one can offer a buyer they hesitate on pulling the trigger on a purchase and then later regret it.  He gave the example of taking his wife to the clothing store and her trying...

About two months ago I got very interested in the subject of 'inspiration' and began to formulate the concept of an eBook on this.  As a writer, I tried to put it aside and work on other projects, but found that I was working on it even when I was not in front of my computer.  Looking at life, lo...