Sunday Update: 20 Years
The way I figure it I have a good 20 years left to be productive. It’s a bit sobering to think about. Normally I wouldn’t let that stop me, much. This week has been one of contemplation. My former husband has been diagnosed with cancer and it’s what kicked off all this thinking and wondering…
Five Stories: Session Seven
Once a week Becky McCray and I of saveyour.town blab about 5 stories we’ve read online and I share links here. Normally I share the video too – however, there was a glitch with blab this week. We are working to rectify it, but it’s not fixed yet! Once it is, I’ll come back and…
Sunday Update: Live Infinitely Bands
I travel enough that I have had to figure out how to workout on the road easily. I know myself well enough to know that I won’t go downstairs to a gym in the hotel consistently. When the opportunity came to try out the Live Infinitely bands I jumped at the chance. (I was given…
Blab with Becky: Session Six, Five Stories
Just about every Sunday Becky McCray and I discuss five stories about small towns on the platform Blab. Here are the stories with comments and the blab video is below. Oh boy – this is just a fun idea that worked in Canada, What a hoot! I love the little paper and his persistence. http://calgaryherald.com/life/swerve/the-nanton-experiment-starting-a-mini-newspaper-in-a-small-town-is-a-big-idea…
Sunday Update: A few thoughts
It’s been a week of thinking .. I’m approaching my busy season and the time of go-go-go. It’s also spring (thank God) and the weather is bringing in more sunshine and nicer days. I feel like I’m emerging from the cocoon of winter. This winter I’ve held my own – not a lot of back…
Sunday Update: Visiting Friends
I lived in Chicago 30 years and go back to visit family and friends a couple of times a year. This weekend is my nieces birthday and we try to come out every spring. This year my 11 year old great nephew asked if he could come along. Steven has traveled with me several places,…
Sunday Update: Me
Spring, thank God. March is here, in fact – tomorrow is the first day of spring. Winter is hard for me and when spring arrives I feel like I can breath again. So the good news is the bright clothes can come out. Yes, I know it’s 39 degrees out today. Who cares? Next week…
Blab 5 Stories – Session 5
Blab Session 5 of SaveYour.Town of our Weekly 5 Stories happened tonight – we snuck it in early this week! Next week might be early too – so keep your eyes posted on our Facebook page, we will announce it there. I’m traveling next weekend and it looks like we will be blabbing on Saturday.…
8 Innovative Rural Business Models – Happening Tomorrow!
Wednesday, March 16 at 6 pm Becky McCray and I will host a webinar discussing 8 innovative rural business models. Entrepreneurs are using these smaller scale experiments and tests to learn what works before making a huge investment. That’s tomorrow night, and you can tune in from the comfort of your home while eating…
Save Your Town – Session Four of 5 Stories
Each week Becky McCray and I review 5 stories and make comments about them over at blab.im. Here are the five links to the stories (italicized comments are mind) and the video is posted below. Small Business Owner Sandy Higgins’ Old-Fashioned (they mean small town) Methods Yield Modern-Day Success http://buff.ly/1LVNZa1 Hat tip to Miss Dazey for the…