Opinion
Dig This: Living in the Age of Survival
In my last piece, “The Future is Exciting,” I started a couple of lists, inviting you to add your ideas about what’s wrong with our society and what should be done to make a better life for our grandkids. So, I would like your help in coming up with some specific ideas on how you [...]
Once Upon A Brew Pub – Cambria Beer Company
Cambria is one of my wife and my favorite costal towns in southern California. It’s a quaint, quiet little place, west of San Luis Obispo and just north of Morro Bay. Since we had visited Cambria before and really enjoyed it, we thought it would be a great place to celebrate our tenth anniversary. Much [...]
Remembering Freddie Papineau
I met Freddie Papineau back in the early ’80s when she opened up the Graphic Emporium in the Downtown Mall. She also owned and operated the Miracle Mile Mercantile, conducted estate sales and was an enthusiastic patron of the arts. She opened the Graphic Emporium for many Saturday Art Hop events and provided food and wine for visitors. I [...]
Use It or Lose It … What’s in Your Marketing Tool Box?
Here’s the thing – I often meet with clients who tell me they already have a website, a Facebook page, a radio ad, a brochure – but none of its working! I certainly understand the frustrations – but the question is, “How are you using your marketing tools? Do you even know what’s in your marketing tool box?” [...]
Or So it Seems … Bug Warfare
Grandma squashed scorpions with her bare feet. But then, she was a Texan. Years ago, Mom said, we were visiting Grandma’s place, and I was sitting in Mom’s lap. She was dressing me and reached for my toddler-shoe when a scorpion crawled out. She flung it and the shoe across the room. And then she [...]
Food as Medicine
Interesting concept: Food as medicine. I want to be healthy. I talk to people about nutrition. I read about nutrition. I watch DVDs about nutrition. Some foods just make me happy. I look at them and I feel good, like a luscious melon, a casaba. As I chew each bite, I feel better and better [...]
4 Tips for Keeping It Cool in the Bleachers at Youth Sporting Events
We’re well into the baseball and softball season, but the year is filled with seasonal youth sports: soccer, basketball, volleyball, roller hockey, ice hockey, football, Lacrosse, tennis, golf…and so many more! We’ve all heard the horror stories about parents being verbally and sometimes physically abusive at youth football or baseball games. What is it about [...]
Mistress of the Mix: Mother’s Day Mix
A few weeks ago my little sister happened to bump into the son of my lifelong best friend from high school on a street in Portland. A little out of the ordinary, but not totally unheard of in the big city. But some chit chat, on an occasion like this, is kind of obligatory. Which [...]
Or So it Seems … My Sweetie and her Swedish Mother
The first time I met my future mother-in-law, she was visiting Karin, her youngest daughter. The two of them were sitting in the commons, the dining area of my college’s dormitories. I’d seen Karin on campus—a striking blonde—and decided it was time to introduce myself that Friday afternoon. The room was empty, except for the [...]
