The Festival of Nations in Tower Grove Park This weekend I spent my Saturday morning in Tower Grove Park at the Festival of Nations. The Festival of Nations is an assembly of countries from all over the world, who set up food and retail booths in shady Tower Grove Park. At this annual event you can eat food from around the world, buy...

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I am not, nor have I ever been, an athlete. I tried hard to be. Really I did. It just never happened for me. My parents signed me up for summer softball when I was 9. My coaches put me behind home plate as the catcher. Because this was very slow pitch, this was the only position where I couldn’t mess things up...

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Much, much to my surprise, it seems that I have turned in to my father. I did not see this coming. I started noticing it whenever I would get bored. I found myself doing improvement projects around the house. I would fix something that was broken or enhance something that was lacking. After a brief period of denial, I decided to embrace my...

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After a two week hiatus, I have returned home from vacation. I have spent the past couple of weeks with my family traveling through Tennessee...all of Tennessee. Jason and I, accompanied by my mom, dad, brother, and his girlfriend, traveled through Tennessee landing in the Smoky Mountains. There we white water rafted, climbed mountains (either by foot or by Sky Lift), played Hillbilly...

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