I'm a homespun country boy raised on an Indiana farm by a father who worked 46 years as a blacksmith for the railroad and a mom who worked many years as a cook in the public school system. I often wondered if my parents had the farm to keep my brother and me so worn out where we did not have sufficient strength to engage in mischief. Cattle, harvesting crops and succinct straight talking parents clearly conveyed the importance of safety, accountability, responsibility and consequences. ... more