Archive for April, 2008
« Previous EntriesMafia Funeral: A Florist’s Dream
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Inspired by this month’s issue of American Funeral Director.
What’s That Smell?
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Oh yeah, it’s your breath blowing back in your face!
Memos From The Front Office:
Personal Hygiene- It has been brought to my attention, directly, and indirectly, that a few staff members have either occasional or chronic bad breath. Please be reminded that gum and mints are perfectly acceptable and encouraged if you suspect you have this […]
Just Do the Next Thing
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008One time? When I worked in an office? My manager used to have a saying about staying on track. “Just do the next thing.”
It’s so simple. And it does help when you’re jumbled up and not sure which way to go.
Don’t ignore your intuition if “just do the next thing” means taking five […]
The Lost Bicycle Diaries
Saturday, April 26th, 2008In 10 years we’ve had four bikes stolen off the property. The kid down the way? Three bikes. All ripped. And then, on strolls we’ll find a cast off. Ditched in a creek.
Oh look, a bike in a bush! Earlier this week, I spotted a green Pea Picker . Then, […]
Cheryl Thompson Morrow Pt. 2
Friday, April 25th, 2008More with Cheryl Thompson-Morrow of Thompson Funeral Home, Broadman, OH.
20 Years Later: “It’s been a good career choice, the initial transition was difficult, because many of the families insisted on working with my father, and weren’t accustomed to a female funeral director.
On Technology: “Technology has really freed our time up, in that in the old […]
Women in Funeral Service, Cheryl Thompson-Morrow
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Today’s Female Funeral Professional (known from here on out as FFP, you try saying that three times real fast!) spotlight is on Cheryl Thompson-Morrow with Thompson Funeral Home. Thompson Funeral Home is one of five other funeral homes in a two mile area in Boardman, OH., close to Youngstown.
Cheryl’s grandfather Clifford L. Thompson, started the […]
Paddle Out
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008No, not this kind, although we are drying out. (Thanks to the busdriver for the image)
This kind:
The Hawaiian inspired ash scattering style at sea. So beautiful.
And on a lighter note, In the Mailbox: POSTCARDS FROM MAUI
The parents are in Hawaii and here’s a quick note from Dad, verbatim:
Hi Lenette
I’m trying to figure out how to […]
Confessions of a Small Business Owner Pt. 4
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008The red buds are peaking this week, and it smells sooo good outdoors. The Urn Garden is downwind of two monster lilac bushes that are so fragrant.
And that my friends is the problem. Or is it? There’s no separation between work and home. It’s getting better, but when you cross the threshold at […]
Scrapbook Flashback
Monday, April 21st, 2008For a laugh check out these old Olan Mills snaps.
And then, for the ladies….Pay your dollar and grab your collar!
It’s Glamour Shots!
Thanks to List of the Day!
The Butterfly Effect
Monday, April 21st, 2008Edward Lorenz, the father of chaos theory, died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, April 17th. He was 90.
His discovery of “deterministic chaos” brought about “one of the most dramatic changes in mankind’s view of nature since Sir Isaac Newton,” said the committee that awarded Lorenz the 1991 Kyoto Prize for basic sciences. […]
