For more than sixty years, Peeps have made an appearance every Spring on store shelves taking their rightful place among all the other Easter candy. While they’ve started creeping into the other major holidays, this is most definitely their season. The original 1950’s yellow chick Peeps are the perennial best seller, but the menagerie has grown considerably over the years Continue reading “Does Anyone Actually Eat Peeps?”
There’s No Shame in Saying No
We were having dinner with friends recently when the conversation got around to how much we had on our plates despite all of us being retired. A couple of us were excited to share the things we’ve been working on. For me launching this blog has been a lot of work, mostly because the twenty-somethings that write the descriptions for these blogging sites using terms like “easy set-up” and “intuitive formatting” did not grow up in an era when a significant technological advancement meant migrating from rotary dial to touch-tone phones. Continue reading “There’s No Shame in Saying No”
The Joy of a Sick Day
I’m in my third day of a head cold, and thus far my aggressive attempt to muscle through it hasn’t gotten me very far. Gallons of water, vitamin C and Echinacea – normally reliable remedies– have let me down. My energy level seems to have declined in direct proportion to the increase in sinus congestion. So, after a feeble attempt at working out I decided a long, hot shower might help clear my head and maybe even shake the chill that has been with me since the arctic blast blew through the south earlier this week. The shower did both . . . but only for about ten minutes. Continue reading “The Joy of a Sick Day”
The Apple Store: A Retail Oydessy
“You went into the Apple Store? Like all the way in?” my friend Cassie asked, her eyes wide with amazement.
“Yep, all the way in,” I said proudly, thinking back to the surge of anxiety I felt as I crossed the threshold into retail’s great beyond. Continue reading “The Apple Store: A Retail Oydessy”