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 …

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 …

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 …