by Joe Miller | Mar 19, 2019 | At Home in NC |
When we switch to Daylight Saving Time in the spring, the focus typically is on the downside, that we need to get up an hour earlier for work, that the sun gets to sleep longer than we do. What we should focus on is what’s happening on the other end — one extra hour...
by Joe Miller | Dec 27, 2018 | At Home in NC |
New Year’s Resolutions date back some 4,000 years, to the ancient Babylonians, who for their New Year (which began in mid-March), used the occasion to settle debts to their gods and return borrowed stuff to their neighbors. Setting a clean slate is a concept that’s...
by Joe Miller | Dec 17, 2018 | At Home in NC |
Here’s a New Year’s Resolution: Don’t wait until the new year to start living healthier. Start now! Heading into the holiday season is the perfect time to resolve to live a healthier, more active life. For starters, think of all the holiday damage you’ll avoid (or at...
by Joe Miller | Sep 30, 2018 | At Home in NC |
If you didn’t grow up in an outdoorsy family — where mom and dad would load the crew into the Country Squire for a week of tent camping — the prospect of taking your own family out for a weekend of “roughing it” may seem daunting. What do I take? Where will we go?...
by Joe Miller | Jun 26, 2018 | At Home in NC |
Scouting is intended to be a way for kids to expand their horizons, to try new things, to learn a thing or two about themselves. Scouting can be magical Sometimes it works its magic on the parents, too. “While I’ve always enjoyed being outside I never really...
