It is interesting how crabs think and work. When catching crabs, you can place them in a bucket about 12-18 inches deep and if the crab is in there by itself, will easily reach up over the lip of the...
Posts by Mike Harmer
We can teach principles of leadership, but we don't learn leadership unless we live it. Leadership is more effectively taught with a hands-on application. It cannot come out of a book, but must be...
Do you have an inspiring ancestor? Someone who conquered a new land, defended his family in a battle, or made sacrifices for those around him? Acts of heroism are not always a matter of being...
Hold up a hand ax in your right hand and ask the Scouts what it is. You'll get several replies. The desired answer is that it is a tool that we can use both in and out of Scouting. Ask them what it...
One afternoon while working around his yard a man spotted a cocoon. He looked closer a noticed that something was struggling to get through a very small hole in the cocoon. He stood a watched...
A couple of things in the news recently made me think of "self-ish" versus "self-less" acts. First, there was the letter to the editor in our local paper, entitled "MOM THANKS DAUGHTER". The letter...