Last November in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Len and Sherry Readshaw were anticipating a quiet holiday season at their property in the Mountain View Mobile Home Park. Two enormous trees had more violent plans. Before dawn one morning, Ms. Readshaw heard a brushing sound on the roof that reminded her… Read more »
One hundred and forty years ago, the wives, sisters, daughters and mothers of U.S. rail workers formed a women’s auxiliary organization to help create better lives for their families. Years later, the then thriving group, calling themselves the Degree of Honor, built its 10-story granite headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota,… Read more »
During the month of March, Paul Davis continues to lend people, funding, equipment, care and time to worthy causes all over North America. It’s a privilege for our employees to give freely of themselves to support the communities in which they live and work. Here is a sampling of the… Read more »
Risk is a tricky thing that we humans have trouble thinking rationally about. We overestimate some risks, hesitating to board an airplane yet blithely driving a far more dangerous car to the corner store. We ignore serious risks if we’re excited about fun yet dangerous activities (yes, cave diving is… Read more »
Wind as a concept - air masses moving between areas of high and low pressure – seems straightforward. Wind in reality displays outrageous variation. Spring handily illustrates the changeable nature of this force of nature: it’s a very windy time of year in North America. Why? The jet stream lifts… Read more »