Fruitful Detours
Merry Christmas! For the children among us (or for those of us who never grew up) Christmas is a holiday that is focused on toys. As adults, we want those toys to have two functions: make our kids happy, and teach them things. Toys have become increasingly sophisticated, such that now some toys incorporate as […]
I grew up in a time before digital maps. The streetmaps we used were paper. My Dad used to really like them. When we would go on road trip vacations, he would use the opportunity to teach us how to read maps. “You have to get it into your head,” he would say. “You have […]
There are a host of conflicting thoughts I’ve been having lately. I support Israel in their fight against Hamas, and I don’t support the way that they are fighting, which hurts far too many innocent civilians. I want to go to some holiday parties to have fun and see friends, and I also want to […]
My wife is a big recycler. She educates me about which plastics can go in the bin, she composts organic stuff, and all our cardboard boxes are broken down and put into our recycling dumpster. She even takes styrofoam to a local electronics company that recycles it. I’ve been trained well, but I’m really skeptical. […]
Every year, Fruitful Detours runs a little survey to get nominations for year-end donations. Let me know about your favorite charity. The winner(s) will be announced in one of my future posts. Here are the rules from last year’s post. Happy holidays!