How a humble hand-written receipt signals “real deal”
My oldest son likes to expose me to new music. To bands with names like “El Ten Eleven” and “Architecture in Helsinki.” Atonal, modern-sounding stuff that…
Two–no, now it is three–harbingers of hope
I’m sharing two three heart-warming tidbits to fuel the natural optimism lurking in most of my compatriot’s hearts. Patriot’s Day is alive and well. It’s a…
Not-so-innocent high school video class assignments
So I’m taking a brief break from creating stuff for my blog….my son made a couple videos that I am sharing. The first is a mock…
Here is the best thing about Ireland
I had an unusually sociable weekend. It surprised me how the three consecutive late nights, and all the new, interesting people I met–and way too much…
Second crabby post in a row: I can get cranky when people confuse our brand with our business
OK, I will get off the crabby kick soon. It’s constitutionally unsustainable, for me. But have to get this thought down today. This is the Daily…
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…
Only three more days
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 can’t pay for this stuff
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…
You hussies, you
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…
A brief consumer philosophy
William Morris had it right with the advice he gave in a 1901 lecture: Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be…
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