It was a Sunday morning in late November. I was out of town for another Holiday Bazaar, and I was hungry. So I’m sitting at a diner, waiting for my breakfast, browsing through The Seattle Times—something I rarely, if ever, have the time or opportunity to do—when...
Who knew that Rick’s heart problems were “contagious?” Yeah, that’s said with definite tongue in cheek. I’m looking for some way to put a humorous spin on a very serious subject. Turns out that STRESS, particularly the chronic kind that...
We’ve all done it. At one time or another, we’ve all been driving along and suddenly wonder how we got to where we are with no conscious memory of how we got there. And I don’t know about you, but it totally freaks me out. I try to be a very alert...
For close to a year now, I’ve had two “Guest Blogs” posted on the Cranky Fitness site every month. It began late last December, when I contacted 15 “health and fitness” bloggers to see if they’d like a brief respite in their own...
I’ve lived here 38 years, and I’d never gone done to Waikiki Beach to watch the big surf waves crash against the bluff beneath Cape Disappointment until about a week ago. I needed to get to Astoria in a pickup truck to bring home a BIG Christmas tree, and...
According to the Small Business Encyclopedia, “branding” is the marketing practice of creating a name, symbol or design that identifies and differentiates a product from other products. The Business Dictionary says branding is a success when the product...
