A Weekly Almanac Guide Plan, Do, Finish, Rest. Living in Harmony With Earth Weekend of March 17-18, 2012 Click on the link to access this feature from Larry-Michael and Becky Lynn Hackenberg – The Cycles of Earth – March 17, 2012

Warm Winter—It must be Global Warming: This has certainly been a strange winter.  I can’t remember a winter that was this warm.  But you know what, that is our experience here in the upper Midwest in the USA.  What’s happening around the world? Eastern Europe saw record snow and record cold this winter.  In the [...]

As political and social unrest continues throughout portions of the Middle East and northern Africa, a group of Grand Valley State University (GVSU) political science professors are hosting a roundtable discussion on the events of the past year. For more on the story from GVSU, click here.

We are now observing Daylight Saving Time. This means that everyone should have set their clocks and watches ahead by one hour effective this past Sunday morning at 2 A.M. We all lost an hour of sleep Saturday night, but that’s what naps are for. The Three Rivers Fire Department wishes to remind everyone that [...]

What Matters Most: As part of my business I conduct multidimensional assessments for my client companies.  Some companies want to find out about potential employees before they hire them.  Other companies want to make sure they are promoting the right people. Some companies want to improve communication between members of their leadership team.  And still [...]

A Weekly Almanac Guide Plan, Do, Finish, Rest. Living in Harmony With Earth Weekend of March 10-11, 2012 Click on the link to access this feature from Larry-Michael and Becky Lynn Hackenberg – The Cycles of Earth – March 10, 2012

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.  – Walt Disney Do you realize how many quotes and speeches are about dreams? Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream”, is only one of many. I recently started researching dream quotes and my favorite is “If you can dream it, [...]

I’m a big fan of comfort food. There’s nothing quite like a plate of macaroni and cheese to make one feel quite comfortable. My mom used to make fantastic macaroni and cheese, and it didn’t come out of a box. I don’t know if lasagna is considered comfort food, but I do know that it [...]

Birds in the trees in our Three Rivers backyard seemed to be exceptionally active with songs as I headed to the garage around 8 o’clock Friday morning (March 2nd). To hear a bit of their activity, click on the following link:  Backyard birds – March 2, 2012 (:58) Bruce Snook River Country Journal

Picking Our Next President: For the past several weeks I’ve written about the candidates for the nomination for the highest office in our land.  I took this very seriously.  I do believe who we choose to be or next President can make a huge difference in what happens in our Country for many years to [...]

A Weekly Almanac Guide Plan, Do, Finish, Rest. Living in Harmony With Earth Weekend of March 3-4, 2012 Click on the link to access this feature from Larry-Michael and Becky Lynn Hackenberg – The Cycles of Earth – March 3, 2012

For some interesting reading about liberals and conservatives, check out a Miller-McCune article by Tom Jacobs – a piece that reports on The Righteous Mind, a new book by psychologist Jonathan Haidt. To access the article, click on the following link:  Explaining Liberals to Conservatives, and Vice-Versa. If you’d like to share YOUR thoughts on [...]

Collaboration in the Community Rural communities have a lot to offer to their residents and to the many small businesses that can be found within their borders. I love the fact that when you walk by on the streets, people wave and say hi. They smile at you when you enter the stores, and ask [...]

Speaking for myself only, the nice thing about having a winter like we’ve experienced so far is that the lack of snow has been appreciated. The unfortunate thing is that, because of no snow, the road sides along our major highways show evidence of too many inconsiderate drivers, who think that this is their own [...]

Spring may be less than a month away – with its arrival officially slated for March 20th– but Mother Nature is making sure that ‘winter’ is the operative word and season this weekend in ‘River Country.’ The point is illustrated in the accompanying photographs – one of the ‘Storytime’ sculpture in the walk-through from North [...]

A Weekly Almanac Guide Plan, Do, Finish, Rest. Living in Harmony With Earth Weekend of February 25-26, 2012 Click on the link to access this feature from Larry-Michael and Becky Lynn Hackenberg – The Cycles of Earth – February 25, 2012

Barack Obama: I’ve made it through the Republican contenders. Now it’s time to take a look at the incumbent.  What does our current President have to say regarding a more sustainable society?  Remember, it’s about a balance between People, Planet, and Profit that allows our community experience to be sustainable. People: President Obama’s website states [...]

As I’ve mentioned before, I love Success Magazine and think there’s something in it for any business person. This month it’s all about the most important element of business: marketing. The most important part? According to Darren Hardy, the publisher of Success, there are four main categories of business success – the product, the management, [...]