Joseph F. Radosevich

When I'm looking for garden info, I use a Google search trick to weed through all the bad information out there.  type "site:.edu" and then the search terms. Example: "site:.edu how to prune peppers for better yield". The .edu limitation means that I only get results from university-based websites, and this usually means university extension centers. The internet is loaded with bad information--especially in the gardening world. AI is creeping into everything and whole sites are written by AI bots to trick people into listening to them. Searching just anywhere might end up showing you bad information and advice.  You can use this trick when searching to limit the results to a top level domain like I did in the example above, but you can also use it to limit your searches to a specific website or series of websites.  We're all going to need to learn how to use our technology better to stay a step ahead of scammers and bad actors.

  I published a new article on worship leadership and planning in smaller churches. It is called 5 Guidelines for Leading Worship in a Smaller Church . Equipthecalled.com is a website of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and they asked for submissions that fit what and how I write. One connection is that my dad graduated from SWBTS and I attended for 3 semesters. I wrote it in April, but it took a while to publish.  Worship leadership is a major challenge for smaller churches and the pastors that I have talked to. I hope that this helps.

We took a staycation which had us busy and have a busy month ahead, so I wanted to take a moment to do a quick update. On our staycation, we went to local history sites, a local zoo, a bowling alley, and for ice cream We also played new board games. The Lincoln Home in Springfield was probably the best site that we went to. That same day, we went to the Old State Capital (and saw a naturalization ceremony), Lincoln's tomb, and the Illinois State Military Museum. It was a fun day. On vacation, I usually read Young Adult or Juvenile Fiction. I loved A Single Shard . I also read Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson and Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett.  Our garden is doing great! The weather has been perfect. We have enough salad vegetables to eat that as often as we want. I really like the Purple Roden lettuce that we are trying this year. I enjoy the purple color in the garden. We also have Bright Lights rainbow chard. Radishes (Roxanne) did well too. I just put out more seed. Our herbs ...