As I write the very last entry, I can’t believe that I’ve spent a full year looking for “silver linings”. This all started because a newspaper columnist asked an off-the-cuff question: has anyone seen anything good come out of this pandemic? Without...
I spent today digging into yet another topic that I know little about. It’s one of those things that will be good to know and directly applicable to business–once I understand it more. I end my day feeling teased by the possibilities and frustrated with...
If you want to see excited dogs in our house, there are six little words you can say: “Want to go for a ride?” It’s guaranteed bedlam. They will literally jump up from being dead-to-the-world asleep and start panting and pacing back and forth in front of...
The text came through late this afternoon: “Sorry to tell you all, but I think I might have COVID. I’m trying to get tested now.” This is from one of the friends from our Saturday afternoon doggie playtime outing. Six friends and six dogs enjoyed almost...
One of the things that I have missed during the pandemic has been clothes shopping with my sister. There’s nothing like the fun we’ve had going through merchandise and holding it up to each other. We have amused ourselves for hours as we peruse the racks,...
Spring cleaning is real, folks… especially when you have chickens who live in a coop. The chickens love the days when I dig around in their home—because it gets them freedom. They take any opportunity to spread out on the lawn and to scratch through the...