A Few More Days
In just a few more days the kids will be done with school, the pre-Christmas sales will be replaced with post-holiday sales – even deeper discounts on what nobody thought was interesting enough to buy as a gift – and Read More …
Tag: holiday
Take 5
There is a really yummy candy bar, named Take 5 and it was a life changing thing for me. It was launched by Hershey quite a few years ago when I was a candy buyer – right around the time Read More …
Start Today
Things that take fifty years don’t just happen overnight, but if you start today you might have a chance. Write a book. Start a charitable organization. Read the complete works of William Shakespeare. Watch all 7 seasons of the Gilmore Read More …
Clear Skies
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 …
Cyber Everyday
This year, we are not just seeing the usual post-Thanksgiving specials, like Black Friday deals and Cyber Monday online specials…it is literally becoming “cyber everyday” with more deals added, extended to Tuesday and beyond…pretty much all week long this week. Read More …
Abundance
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 …
Endless Thanks
I my life, I have this wonderful family and many friends for whom I must offer my endless thanks. I can’t even start to list the things that people have done for me over the years. I hope that they Read More …
Almost There
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 …
Candy
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 …
Here Today
Sometimes, it feels like retail shops are here today and gone tomorrow. It happens all the time. It is unfortunate. Owners have to start with a good plan, then create a great brand focused on customers, offer a unique selling Read More …