by Scott Dreyer | Oct 20, 2015 | Life in America
Yesterday’s Roanoke Times had an uplifting article about two siblings, Kinley (age 12) and Camden, 10, who have set up a “Little Free Library” in their front yard in Northeast Roanoke (Virginia USA). The Little Free Library movement seeks to...
by Scott Dreyer | Sep 23, 2015 | Life in America
At the very end of last year, right between Christmas and New Year’s, our family was blessed to buy and move into a new house (well, new for us). For many years, my wife Deborah had hoped and prayed for an English-style Tudor house, because she finds them...
by Scott Dreyer | Aug 17, 2015 | Life in America
Every year in early August, we are treated to a special “nature show,” called a “meteor shower.” No, this has nothing to do with using water or staying clean. It has to do with science, so we will need to know some terms first. A comet is...
by Scott Dreyer | Jul 21, 2015 | Life in America
Call of the wild: Kids get hooked on camping in classes for families KANSAS CITY, Missouri Tessa, 8, and Isaac, 6, didn’t want to leave Missouri’s Weston Bend State Park. The Minters were barely out of the park when the kids began begging for a...