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Every Stone on the Road Precious to Me
Stanley Kunitz lived to be 100 years old and wrote many poems. According to Poets.org: His honors include the Bollingen Prize, a Ford Foundation grant, a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, Harvard’s Centennial Medal, the Levinson Prize, the Harriet Monroe Poetry Award, a senior fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Medal of the Arts,…
Read MoreJanuary, where have you gone?
It’s been a whirlwind of a month to kick off 2014! Here’s a few things we’ve been doing at Debworks. I got interviewed on the Money for Lunch program and you can hear what I have to say about 23 minutes into the recording here: Deb Talks About Small Towns My friend Jon Swanson wrote…
Read MoreMy Happy Place
This is my altar, my place to sit and relax, meditate and be thankful. In fact, I often sit on the couch across from this area and gaze upon this scene. It brings a smile to my face every time. The magazines on the bottom of the bakers rack include an Ikea catalog. I can…
Read MoreStop Dabbling: Get Real About Your Business
Guest Post by Christine Kane – as always, here today with a great message! Stop Dabbling: 5 Starter Steps for Getting REAL About Your Business I call it “The Empire Mentality.” What it means is that you act like the owner of a major empire even before you have the clients or the bank account…
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Editorial Calendar Planning
I’ve been working on my editorial calendar for this blog. First I wanted to be sure to incorporate my three words — Explore, Become, Serve. An editorial calendar is defined by Wikipedia as: Editorial calendars are used to define and control the process of creating content, from idea through writing and publication. An individual or…
Read MoreDream every day
Sometimes we get caught up in the day to day. Hit the ground running, work like a madman, go out to eat with friends and come home to a warm cozy bed. That’s life for a lot of us. And it’s not a bad life. Still …. some days I miss the dreaming. The ‘what…
Read MoreBuy One Product Locally
This blog post is written for residents of Greater Franklin County. But you know what? Change the name to your local chamber and your local businesses and the message is just as strong. Buy Local. This year the Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce rolled out our Buy One Product Local Campaign. We focused on…
Read MoreHarvest Tour Redux
This week I was asked by the owners of Tourism Currents to contribute to their November newsletter. ( If you are not receiving the newsletter, you can do so by starting here.) I wrote about the Harvest Tour(s) in Greater Franklin County and what we found out as a result of doing them. Enjoy the…
Read MoreHoliday Shopping
LivePerson has provided this infographic and press release that talks about holiday shopping this season. It makes sense for larger cities – the number correlate well. I wonder though, how it fits for small towns? Does shopping local play a bigger role in small towns? What do you think?
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