Top 10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make

I had the pleasure of seeing Guy Kawasaki speak at the Startup Conference in May. He was the keynote speaker after lunch. I was checking people in when he breezed by so I took him inside to get all set up and chatted for a few minutes while people flocked to him to say hi,…

Shelbi Lavender Original

SLO by any other name would be Shelbi Lavender Original. I was recently introduced to Shelbi through a friend who bought her SLO jewelry and was wearing a couple of these pieces when she came to visit. Heather taunted me with these beautiful necklaces, full of blang! Now I want to share this with you!…

Happy Independence Day!

Celebrate our freedoms today! Even though it might not seem like we have the same freedoms as the week before with recent Supreme Court decisions like Hobby Lobby. However you choose to celebrate today, take a moment to read our Declaration of Independence, all 1,333 words of it, and think about the bravery and courage…

How My Grandmother Got to College

My grandmother Frances Eloy Flora Sigler is 95, almost 96. Visiting her, I learned how she ended up at college, which was very unusual for the time. When she graduated from high school at 17, most girls went straight to work and worked until they married. My grandmother graduated from Frankton High School in 1935.…