Trust (and helpful strangers)

I love living in a place, and a country, where the level of trust among the citizenry is so high. I’ve written about this before, however…

Takes me right back to Ireland

I had all kinds of happy messages from Dublin on Inauguration Day. Made me miss the place more than usual. I only lived there at a…

I stepped out of the office to watch the inauguration, and tried to get the crackin’ Grommet Discovery team to come along. I was just going…

For three more days I can say, “Oh I have three teenage sons.” No, I am not adopting out the one who gives me fits. (Depends…

You probably never heard of Swistle. But if you’re one of the 31 million American women who participates in blogs every day, you just might know…

My pal Aldagh McDonogh told me a thing about starting a business. She said, “When you have a great day and feel on top of the…

I had a funny email from my pal Dan Weinreb. He went to submit a Grommet idea from the submission form on our site. He pointed…

Just curious. Since when has this newfangled safety pin been in existence? I first noticed one in early December, on a sweater made in Italy. I…

Bruce Nussbaum is the Design/Innovation guru at BusinessWeek. He doesn’t know me from a hole in the wall, but way back in the ’80’s, I sent…

One of our clear goals at Daily Grommet is to inspire a “Huh??” reaction to some of our product stories. Like, “Did those Grommet guys just…