“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” – T.S. Eliot (From the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock) Yesterday’s Coffee, as a blog title, has been brewing on the back burner of my mind since last summer, when Maria Stuart of LivingstonTalk.com — the new online community for Michigan’s Livingston County –...
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Do you run into prospective partners who still don’t recognize that the success of their business hinges on whether they invest in a professional digital presence? Maybe they didn’t catch a recent article in the LA Times which discussed that very topic! Writer Andrea Chang points to a National Retail Federation study whose findings...
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I just spent the most wonderful weekend with a good friend, a few good tools, inks and pretty papers! My friend Cathy and I made plans to spend the weekend crafting, eating and relaxing at Sunset Shores in Clare. It was just the two of us so I invited Dennis to join us – he...
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Author’s Warning: Do NOT let your kids read this. Which means your kids are probably totally going to want to read this now but don’t let them. It is 3 o’clock in the morning, and I’m in a tent somewhere behind the Fowlerville Fairgrounds with Jeff, a very cute tattoo artist I met only...
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One of the most common concerns expressed by small business owners who are new to digital marketing is that they don’t know what to write about in their blog entries. That means they’re neglecting a valuable opportunity to market their business and communicate with their customers! And since your Web solution comes complete with...
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Here’s crossing our virtual fingers that the Village of Fowlerville gets its request for more than $300,000 in state grants to build a pavilion for its farmers market. A look at the drawing of the proposed pavilion shows a great-looking market area that would shield vendors and their goods from the elements. The market...
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This might sound like a silly question but it is about when to harvest some of my vegetables. My yellow summer squash are really orange and tough when I have been picking them. How do I know when to pick summer and winter squash? My onions tops have fallen over and my potato plants...
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Though he’s only lived in downtown Howell for a year, local musician Mike Vial had no doubt about where to celebrate the release of his second EP, “Burning the Boats,” this August. “I’ve never lived anywhere that has so quickly felt like home,” Vial said of his downtown digs. “It’s a community that not only has...
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The seven Democratic candidates for Livingston County Commission want to provide “Smart Leadership, Smart Growth” for the county’s future. The candidates, six of whom are challenging Republican incumbents, described a platform that includes making county government more transparent, requiring the county airport to pay for itself, improving county infrastructure and seeking realistic solutions to...
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Are you or your kids looking forward to going back to school? Well, I’m going into middle school and I’m pretty confident about it. Just last week, I was helping Southwest Elementary School by sitting through a lesson with their candidates for open teaching jobs. While I was there, we read a story about...
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