Stan Crader's Blog

Joy to the World, the Lord is come. Too many confuse Joy with Happiness. What’s the difference between joy and happy? Glad you asked. Happiness is determined by external factors that active chemicals in one’s brain: dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins. Happiness is dependent on something ‘happening.’ It’s temporary. Joy is much different and seems […]

Transcript of President George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796) Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with […]

Christmas 2018 Celebrate  I love Christmas music, Christmas decorations, family gatherings, the aroma of simmering wassail, and snow. While Christmas music and decorations occurring earlier each year cause some to cringe; it brings a holiday cheer to my senses and a smile to my face. I generally put up Christmas decorations the weekend following Thanksgiving […]

One Man; What Difference can one make? Squanto: Pawtuxet Indian born around 1592, a hundred years after what? Columbus 1492 – sailed the ocean blue. 1605 he was captured, taken to England, treated well, taught English language and customs—the likely plan was to make him a guide for New World explorers. 1614 during return to […]

The following from the website of Resurrecting Lives…www.resurrectinglives.org We Honor the Fallen For 150 years, American citizens have been honoring military members who have sacrificed their lives for our freedoms.  Memorial Day, or Decoration Day, as it was formerly known, began in 1868 as a formal day of honor and gratitude to our dead defenders.  […]

  Now in its 20th year, May has been designated as US National Military Appreciation Month by Congress in order to give Americans a specific occasion to celebrate and appreciate our defenders.   Resurrecting Lives Foundation is deeply grateful for the sacrifices of all members and veterans of all branches of our US military.  We honor the […]

Regulations, Taxes, and Fees. Regulations are necessary in order to provide appropriate balance and protection. Most homes have water pressure valves that regulate the water pressure coming into the home providing enough pressure to run appliances but not so much as to damage the appliances or burst pipe fittings and joints. Too much regulation and […]

The following is the sales sheet for the upcoming book STIHL American.   The Author Being present when the first Stihls arrived at Crader Distributing in 1959, attending his first Stihl Distributor meeting in 1966, and having had the privilege and opportunity to first observe and then participate in Stihl’s American success, and having published […]

The following is an excerpt from the upcoming book, “Stihl American.” For twenty years Etta Whyte waited at home for her husband’s safe return. Al Whyte, a graduate of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police School, comparable to America’s advanced FBI training, served on Vancouver, British Columbia’s police force for over twenty years before joining Titan. […]

Genealogy is always tedious and rarely interesting, especially when it deals with an unrelated family. We now know that genetics play a significant role in our health and behavior. It’s easy to recognize the effects of genetics in animals–retrievers naturally retrieve, beagles chases rabbits, and chihuahuas bark. The same natural tendencies occur in humans. The […]