Some people think it’s one or the other…It isn’t always an either or choice. Sometimes it’s both. Chocolate and vanilla? Cream and sugar? Football and baseball or hockey and basketball? Boys or girls. (Ahem, perhaps I should say, Men or Read More …
Even though we need the rain that we have had – steady, street flooding, Seattle-like rain – I wish we had clear skies. The crisp evenings of fall make for wonderful star gazing…dreaming and thinking about what can be. We Read More …
It is hard not to be tempted to do things that you don’t think you should do. The e-mail this weekend (and for the last few years around this time of year) promotes any and everything that you may or Read More …
Thanksgiving is a celebration of abundance, starting with that first harvest – which we’re no longer dependent upon any longer – not really anyway. We have more food than anyone should ever have in one meal, and then, we eat Read More …
We are almost there…the first holiday concert of the season. Who can be sad, stressed out or mad once the holidays are here to enjoy? White Christmas. Three Ships. Oh, Christmas Tree. We are almost there, two more days of Read More …
There is nothing better that a company can do than making work fun for it’s employees. I don’t think I have ever – except maybe at Disney World – seen so many happy smiling people in a retail store. Certainly Read More …
No matter what happens, we, as humans need to fill the void. Whether it is an empty store, a spot in the cupboard that used to hold food – speaking of food – maybe it is a grumbling belly after Read More …
We are always sad saying good bye to retailers who have won our hearts. This weekend, we walked over to the coffee shop to pick up breakfast – we had to choose take out because we were too busy to Read More …
If you think that small is big, you might be thinking of small businesses. You would be right along with the owners of those businesses, who don’t think it is in any way small, let alone insignificant or immeasurable. Small Read More …
Who doesn’t love candy? Kids. Adults. Halloween trick-or-treaters. It isn’t something you have to feel bad about. If…you normally: eat well exercise drink plenty of water and don’t indulge – all the time We all love candy. Some, more than Read More …