January 2022

New Year, New Mental Health? Your Mental Health Matters

Who doesn’t have a few of those infamous resolutions we try so hard to keep and give it our all? They can be so daunting and make you feel awful if you don’t obtain them all. Hopes of going to the gym every day, maybe writing that book you have been dreaming of for years, trying a healthier lifestyle, saving all the money you can, the list goes on and on. And then quickly they get pushed to the sidelines as life gets busy and we quickly forget about them.

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Outdoors: Oh, for the Exuberance of Youth Again

A couple winters ago, I was given the opportunity to do some nuisance beaver trapping at Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson. I’d been helping a local lad, Jared Austin learn the do’s and don’ts, and the ins and outs of trapping as I knew them, and he became a constant companion as the very first morning we caught what I hoped was the only beaver left there on the golf course. But, as is usually the case, more damage appeared in the form of chewed trees and shrubs, so our quest was not over.

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