The sketch of the man in red above is my grandpa, Howard Fredrickson, on the cover of the Bates Technical College (Tacoma, Wash.) trades...

Unless you are a major procrastinator or have green fur and are as “cuddly as a cactus,” your Christmas tree is up and decorated and you...

I love it when I get these common themes that keep popping up in my life. It reminds me that God is watching and that He’s gently nudging...

The anticipation is killing me! “Light Up the World” is being shipped as I type and should be in my hands by October 15, which means it...

I recently watched a video interview by Mike Rowe with one of his mikeroweWORKS Scholarship recipients (posted above). If you haven’t...

Years ago, I made a really good investment—and it wasn’t a four-year degree. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t regret going to college, though...

My husband and I—with three of his lineman friends—started a lineman scholarship a couple years ago to encourage kids from their county...

Where along the way do children stop wanting to be blue collar workers and start desiring a college degree instead? When I was little my...

Last night after dinner my husband started talking about linework. Little did he know, I was actually listening. Any linewives out there...

Proud linewife does not even begin to describe it. I mean, I’m writing a children’s book about linemen and I don’t even have kids. But, I...