Category: Life & Tradition

Is Low Stomach Acid Damaging Your Health?

When it comes to stomach acid, most people think they have too much. Problems such as heartburn, acid reflux or indigestion are often attributed to excess stomach acid. But in many cases, it’s not the case at all. In fact, these problems may be due to LOW stomach acid. This can lead to further problems…


Saving Summer: 3 Ways to Preserve Tomatoes

It’s tomato season here in Minnesota, as well as across much of the nation. We plant about 20 tomato plants of different varieties in our front and back gardens each year, and we eagerly anticipate the first harvest each summer. It feels like it takes ages for the first tomato to ripen, and we impatiently…


Booth Tarkington’s Essay ‘Freedom of Speech’: A Story of Two Men at the Brenner Pass

We each have personal opinions and thoughts that we like to discuss and compare with others. Whether on trivial or crucial matters, this discussion, enabled by freedom of speech, allows us to search for truth. “The Saturday Evening Post” commissioned the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington in 1943 to write an essay to accompany Norman…


Polar Bears on Summer Break: Rare Photos of Iconic Predators Relaxing in Flower Fields

These rare photos are like scenes from some polar bears’ exclusive summer vacation. Photographer Dennis Fast’s images of bears lounging in fields of wildflowers are both incredible and startling. We are so used to seeing polar bears surrounded by snow, we forget that they, too, enjoy a season of warm weather. Fast, 79, captured the…


What Is the Connection Between Motivation and Hope, Part 2

In our last article, we looked at the ideas of hope and motivation and pointed out that hope was an ancient word going back long into the classical past. Motivation, as a word, was first coined in 1904; yet both are still very active words—with billions of hits on Google. Yet these each have different…


Film Review: ‘Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey’

Not rated | 1h 56m | Documentary, History | 2022 The soon-to-be-released documentary “Uncle Tom II” explores how the highly destructive and divisive ideology of Marxism has created deep fault lines across the world. In the United States of America, this divisive ideology has been implemented through our educational system and mass media, such as films…


2022 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro Hybrid

The 2022 Toyota Tundra line brings a new i-Force Max hybrid powertrain which supplements the 3.5L Twin-Turbo V6 engine with HV Electric Motor system, ramping the power output up to 437 horsepower and 583 lb-ft of torque. The engine is married to a 10-speed Electronically Controlled automatic Transmission with intelligence (ECT-i) featuring sequential shift mode,…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Wild Strawberries’: Director Ingmar Bergman’s Journey of Self-Reflection

NR | 1h 31min | Drama | 1957 “Wild Strawberries”(1957) begins with lines uttered by the protagonist, an irascible professor Isak Borg (Victor David Sjostrom): “I am an old pedant, which, at times, has been rather trying for myself and those around me.” This forms the kernel of screenwriter-director Ingmar Bergman’s Swedish drama on selfishness…


Bulking Up the Pantry: How to Add Protein to Your Emergency Food Storage Plan

A food storage pantry stocked with rice and canned vegetables is still incomplete if it doesn’t contain enough protein to maintain your health and the health of your loved ones. Unfortunately, it’s possible to become malnourished on the typical food storage checklist found on many survival and prepper websites if it doesn’t contain enough essential…


Water Toys: Paddle-Powered Adventure Craft

Swimming affords the ultimate connection with the water, but there are times you don’t want to get wet, making these tiny yachts worthy of consideration. (Courtesy of Crystal Board) The Clear Choice Crystal Board Stand-Up Paddleboard $2,199 Stand-up paddleboards combine an unobstructed view with a great upper-body workout, but this one takes it a step…