You have left the shore and are now out on the high seas of college adventure! May the winds of enthusiasm fill your sails and take you far! But also, may wisdom be the rudder that guides and…
College produces pressure. The pressure builds up! It only takes a small spark … and KABOOM! Explosion! Some people along your college journey will ignite and blow their flame and hot air all over other people! They singe…
Helicopters are noisy! Rotating, pulsating propeller blades churn in a perpetual, deafening roar. It is impossible to speak to one another or to hear one another … unless one is wearing a headset. Headsets block the noise. Headsets…
Farewell to the paved easy paths. Farewell to the familiar. It’s time to go where you’ve never gone before! Time to explore new places and blaze new trails! In your college journey, and in life's journey, you'll travel…
Living in a dorm is sort of like traveling along your college journey on a bus together. Everyone is crammed onto the same bus together. Everyone is traveling to the same general destination. Everyone is experiencing the same…
Starting out on your college journey feels a lot like blasting off in a rocket! Excitement! Nerves on edge! Heart standing still! T-minus and counting! Unleashed energy! Billowing smoke! Upward momentum! Supports torn away! Lift off!! Higher and…
You are standing at the beginning of a new college experience … as if standing high on the side of a mountain. The semester stretches far away in front of you … as if a valley stretching far…
College is a journey. The destination is a diploma … and ultimately life beyond. As with any journey, excitement is high when starting out. Whoo Hoo! Adventure is out there! The journey will lead to some spectacular high…
We came across several blooming skunk-cabbage on Saturday. I was pretty excited ... I think skunk-cabbage is a cool-looking plant. It gets it's name from the fact that when it's leaves are crushed or bruised it emits a…
Our Puget Sound beaches are nothing but rocks, rocks, and more rocks. Whenever I go outside to do yard work I encounter rocks, rocks, and more rocks. This photo (with the Scripture passage) was taken high up on…