I think I’m going to talk to the girls about ordering something like custom pens for the quartet.
Every once in awhile, we sing in places where some marketing and self-promotion would make good sense.  Going to churches and nursing homes is one thing, but expos and health fairs almost scream for freebies to pass around. […]

I did something tonight that I haven’t done since May:  I went to choir practice.
The choir takes the summer months off, and since I fell in late August, I’ve been unable to sit up long enough to travel, sit and sing for an hour, and then travel back home.   But tonight, BJ took me.
It was […]

One of the things human beings must learn is to identify their own strengths — and weaknesses. I can do a lot of things, some of them well, but one thing I know I could never do is manage a small business.
That said, though, I know several people who have taken the entrepreneurial plunge, […]

I know it’s the whole “Circle of Life” thing, but I’m still upset.
Do you watch “Meerkat Manor” on Animal Planet? If so, you already know this; if not, you probably won’t care, but until I get this out of my system, I won’t be able to shake it.
Flower died. She was the alpha […]

After this weekend’s football games, I’m ready for some serious headache treatment.
First, my Mountaineers set the stage for Top-25 upsets on Friday when they lost to South Florida. My alma mater slipped from Number 5 to Number 13. Of course, six other ranked teams lost, too, so at least the commentators didn’t […]

We’ve been having an ongoing discussion (not quite a debate) about the best way to vacation. I’d like to know where you stand on this.
My family vacations as a child included visits to relatives, of course, but generally, we would just pick up and go someplace we had never been. One summer, we […]