I am bidding farewell to my iPhone 8 Plus. I purchased this phone before our first visit to Florida several years back because I wanted something I could take better pictures with because at the time the camera was a big upgrade over my iPhone 6. It’s been my favorite device of all time. There …

I am the proud owner of a 2021 Ford Bronco. I did not plan to purchase a new car, that decision thrust itself upon me after my 2013 Ford Escape began leaking coolant into the oil. Yes, the car I lovingly owned over the last nine years is no more. Unfortunately it overheated a few …

The garden season of 2021 is finally over and there is nothing good to report about it. Every year I struggle to create a nice patch of vegetables and always some circumstance wipes it all away. One year it was rabbits and ground squirrels, another year drought and spotty watering on my end, one year …

I am so happy to have access to a local gun club to take my family out to enjoy nature. I love seeing my son learn the skills that I did not enjoy until I was an adult. He absolutely loves going out with me and looking for animals signs, or plinking targets with his …

At 43 years old, life continues to move as I celebrate another birthday. It’s hard to reflect on this last year of my life, as I often do on my birthday, and not put my mother’s death top on the list of events that occurred that shaped me this past year. It was odd celebrating …

I am now at 100,000 words on JoshuaRust.com. I’ve written roughly a novel. It’s incredible how persistent movement towards a goal can create a grand accomplishment. I never set out to hit any goal when I started this blog. I just wanted to write reports on all of the helpful books I was reading, and …