Mom was worried … very worried. When Tracy (my wife) and I bought our little ranchette, my mother exclaimed, “What? Are you sure? You’re a city boy!” Mom had a point. In my younger days, I did enough manual work to last me a lifetime; by the time I left college, I was over manual labor. When we lived in St. Louis, I complained every time I had to mow our lawn … our lawn that wasn’t much bigger than a decent-sized living room. But I have to say, for a city boy, I love life in the country. (Kind … [Read more...] about NAU Business Dean—Out in the Country