Author - Duane Harder

From the Pen of My Wife This Christmas I would like to give you a gift from my beloved wife. Reading through her journals has brought back treasured memories...

Grow Up! When we were young and did something foolish, we probably heard our parents say something like this, “When are you going to grow up?” In other words...

Reaching for the Top Someone has sad, “Winning isn’t everything – it just comes in ahead of anything that is second.” The fact is, winning isn’t everything...

Building Generational Transfer A young apprentice turned to the journeyman craftsman and said, “Teach me the tricks of the trade.” The skilled craftsman said...

In Search of Manhood In a few weeks we will celebrate Father’s Day. For some it will be a day of celebration and joy. Fond and precious memories will be...

Spring Cleaning For seasoned Albertans, Spring is that time of year when you experience all four seasons in a month. Realistically it just seems that way. For...

Boring, Boring, Boring There is an ad for home maintenance services on Global News at 6 that encourages homeowners to turn the boring home-care jobs over to a...

Four Essential Components to Life After 82 years of life experience, I have discovered there are some things that are important if we are to have a meaningful...

How’s Your Love Life? Here we are in February, and central to the month is Valentine’s Day. Some would say, “Love is in the air.” That raises an interesting...

Can Dreams Come True?! In answering that question, let me start with a true story. While attending a business seminar in Palm Springs, California, our son-in...