How’d I Do

When your kids are growing up, they are constantly looking for approval. “How’d I do – did I do it all right mom/dad?” From the first moments, of forming words – when they can’t even ask you that question – Read More …

It’s the Other Way Around

So, after all of the efforts in putting together yesterday’s post. It came to mind that I might have been wrong. Hey, no one said I was right all the time…certainly not me. So, yea, I think it’s the other Read More …

Marketing Is Life

Even if you are the most cynical person, who hates advertising, marketing is life altering – in so many good ways. We all market ourselves… When we start making friends. When we want to impress our teachers. When we want Read More …

Highly Anticipated

Many things in the “marketing” media are pushed as being so wonderful, so amazing and so…needed. They just are…highly anticipated. pre-sold pre-ordered pre-viewed Some with more fan fervor than others… From the summer blockbuster to summer stock performances and the Read More …

Favorite Jam

Our favorite jam varies, depending on our mood. Fig (with our favorite Italian Cheeses) Grape (homemade from the ones that grow over our fence…also Italian) Strawberry (hand-picked berries by our sweetest niece and nephew) Chili apricot (hot and spicy and Read More …

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 …

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 …

Too Many Requests

It is possible to have too many requests, even little ones, that you can’t remember the things you agreed to do in the beginning? I messed up the drive thru order today. Well, maybe. You decide. Here’s the back story. Read More …