A quick run out to Blackbird Café this morning for oatmeal with raisins and a cup of coffee brought some emotional refreshment and plenty of mental stimulation as well. I saw Jeanne Sommer while I ordered, and we sat down to chat about why she loves...
Fairgrounds Park- Valpo’s own little respite in the heart of the hustle and bustle of a busy city. It doesn’t take many steps to get off the beaten path and tune out for awhile, I am happy to say, after a quick but restoring walk over at...
When I was running into Family Express today for my mid-day Diet Mountain Dew at Family Express on Lincolnway, I had a chance to say hi to Richard and others on his crew of folks that were out and about in the city today cleaning up brush and doing...
As I was driving up Napoleon to Lincolnway in downtown Valparaiso yesterday, I noticed a few city workers removing the spring banners which have lined the streets for a few months now, replacing them with the new summer banners! I spoke with the...
It all started with a breakfast burrito. If you just let life hit you, so much can happen; we’re all a fraction of a second away from something great happening, or just something good, however insignificant it may seem. Something went incredibly...
Ever since I was a kid, I have been fascinated by just about anything business related. How do businesses become successful? How do they sustain that success? How do they market themselves? How do they adapt and evolve, struggle, survive, and thrive?...
So much can be said with one word sometimes, and today’s word is 'Ball', and it’s friend 'Balls'. We use some form of the word so many times in our day to day discussions, and each way takes on its own meaning. Like most words in our language, it...
Follow Friday - Who Wants Some on Twitter ? Do you tweet? Do you like Fridays? Do you want to reach more people ? Whether it be to expand your network of friends, educate others on your ideas, inform people about your business, raise money for your...
I was grabbing some stuff off the table and almost bumped it, which normally wouldn’t be any big deal. I glanced across the table and saw the Egg; now the egg as been standing there for how many hours ever since Trevor stood it up there to test it...
I had just Come back from playing basketball with my brother and our neighbors. my throat was hurting and I decided to eat a banana and some orange juice. when I was peeling the banana I started to make letters. before I knew it I had made "hi" out...
