More of a Request
In many cases, I have to wonder if the signs are more of a request than a rule? They all sound so negative… No Smoking. No Skateboarding. No Biking. No Dogs on the Beach. No Shirt. No Shoes. No Service. Read More …
Category: art
Funding Requests
It is absolutely guaranteed that as a business owner, in a local community, you will be asked to review many, many funding requests. It’s a given. What you do with them, is obviously your choice. The children, the parents and Read More …
Gonna Need A Bigger Boat
Famous words spoken in that famous movie: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” Sure, it’s recognizable. It is the top 3rd of all time 100 movie quotes. The 3rd most famous. It’s summer and countless people are at the beach. Read More …
No One Ever Said…
My parents always used to day “no one ever said it would be easy.” I am 100% certain this is not what they meant when they said it though… Today we had a little party for someone who turned 80 Read More …
Let Me Count The Ways
It is mid-summer and part of the summer reading has been completed. Poetry and the classics are often on the list. I have always liked the sonnet “How Do I Love Thee?” Never one to be misunderstood in her romantic Read More …
A Day In The City
Spending a day in the city is like a mini holiday. You go out to eat. You walk slow. You linger, peeking into stores. You wait for the light. You stop to shop even if you don’t need something. Something Read More …
Remastered
Once you develop, create and release something, it hopefully is adopted, into everyday use. How long should it be, then, before it needs to be refurbished or remastered? Is 1 year long enough, or maybe 10, 20 – perhaps 40 Read More …
Trendy and Classic
I am in the process of picking out finishes for a renovation in a bathroom and a kitchen. Shopping a lot online and there are many ways to sort and filter the finishes, the equipment and the accessories. One of Read More …
Newly Renovated
How impressive the hotel or hospital is that has been recently and newly renovated…beautiful marble, shiny stainless steel, and clean lines on the reception desk. Online it looks even less amazing. They have done their job well. Until, you see Read More …
No, But…
It is totally fine to say no, but much better to just say yes first. Sometimes however, there is a negative before the positive. As in, the answer we received to our posed inquiry, “does that come with whipped cream?” Read More …