“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt Eat where it’s planted In many ways, my tastes have not changed over the years. You can’t beat eating summer sweet corn with melting butter on it, or picking…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt The second mishap is the one that gets you It is so easy to give advice and so hard to remember your own advice you’ve given when it’s needed…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Silent shabbiness It is not uncommon in any place in the world to be annoyed at times by how a property next door is being kept up. The neighbor’s…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Collateral curtain costs How long do a good set of cloth curtains last? Our primary home curtains overseas are going on 20 years of age, surely faded a bit,…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Walk slowly towards an old untold story When was the last time you walked through an old barn or building? I always enjoy walking through an old barn, imagining…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Hand & Mouth I have a twenty-year old Chevy that looks like a baby Jeep-like vehicle that some call a “Barbie Jeep”. It is truly the runt of the…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt Red & White Remember ever getting tingling, painful sunburn on your neck or back? I remember those years in Indiana where it seemed like spring weather would never come…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt Overplanning life One day my college roommate asked me, “Do you record the day and time you plan to clip your fingernails this week?” Since my youth, I loved…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Watch where you drop NW Ohio & NE Indiana’s historic terrain has left us with relatively flat and productive soil after the settlers. It would be a dream combination…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt Smelly good luck “Good luck” is seen differently by different people and different cultures. Despite horseshoes and rabbits’ feet, most Hoosiers are not excessively motivated or concerned about whether…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” —Matt A thing of the past and present It is hard for young people to imagine living in a world not connected by the internet. However, our first years living…
“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” — Matt Any Place & Season Pursuits Any place & season pursuits I studied wildlife science & forestry at Purdue in West Lafayette. I grew up loving camping, fishing, and…
