Pressure washing has become an integral part of American cleaning practices, revolutionizing the way we maintain buildings and outdoor...

When you think of vacationing on the Michigan Rivera two places immediately should come to mind. Traverse City and Saugatuck. Both are...

Portage is the smaller of the two neighboring cities along with Kalamazoo comprising over 350,000 in the 2010 Census. Portage is my...

This community is one of the smaller towns within the 517 area code territory boundaries, but it could be the perfect launching site for...

This is a good time to be here in West Michigan. The Midwest overall has become known as the “rust belt” but here in Grand Rapids...

Window Cleaners are known to be an odd lot. Ours is a peculiar trade that inspires fear, excitement, and loathing, in various people but...

At Crossroads Prison Ministry, the first lesson sent to inmates teaches that inherent in each human being is “a God-shaped hole” that...

The wisest man that ever lived wrote, “A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars...

The Apostle Paul tells us, “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your hands, just as...

We all know career people that don’t care to own a business. Maybe you feel that there is nothing more taxing than feeling the weight of...

So, I was standing out in the reception area of the cleaning supplies distributor and a short stout man in a gray suit introduces himself...

There are two basic attitudes that determine what someone can or cannot achieve. The first attitude is that our talents are fixed. With...

Albert Einstein was clearly an inspiration for a certain patent attorney I have recently become acquainted with here in Grand Rapids. At...

While new concrete driveways are commonly used in just over a week for parking regular vehicles, avoid driving over the edges as they are...

Over thirty years ago I was an intern working in an environmental laboratory at a package water treatment plant. Somehow after a year or...

We live in times where “buyer beware” is the law of a “free market society”. That is why your local hardware store and the big box stores...

No matter what you do in life not everyone is going to be a fan. Early in my career while canvassing the business district of Ludington,...

Oxidation of paint on aluminum and vinyl siding is an old problem. Oxidation is paint failure due to the sun's ultraviolet rays. What is...

In “The truth about Gutter Guards” I covered some of the consequences of failing to maintain your homes’ gutter guards. This time around,...

I didn’t start out as a businessman. My passion is environmental science with a concentration in potable water. Applied science makes a...