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Monday, May 12th, 2008Life in the Garden might be an extreme version of the Mommy Blog phenom. It’s the flip side. Instead of changing diapers we’re buying Depends (for a family member, thank you) and assisting families with choices that no one wants to make. Women that suddenly find themselves a member of the Widow’s Club. Sadly, […]
On Dooce
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008The Today Show is never on here. Ever. But today, NBC’s Today Show was Must See TV. Why? To catch an interview with my latest study. Top Blogger Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com. If you want to skip the intro to Mommy Blogging and go right to Heather’s interview the time […]
Confessions of a Small Business Owner Pt. 5
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Five Years of Consternation:
Revelations in the Garden: Just realized that we (me, myself and I) have been consternated for the last five years. Five Years! Who knew?
Apparently everyone around me. While sorting thru some photos snapped on mother’s camera, and some shots taken in my last season on the JOB in the […]
SUCK IT UP!
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Technical Difficulties in the garden. Thank you Mother Nature.
It’s time for Three Beautiful Things:
A Sump Pump
A Partner to help you Squeegie
Sweet sweet sunshine
Someone Left the Cake Out In the Rain
Monday, February 25th, 20082008 is the year of technological upgrades in the Garden. We’re slow to change and trend towards “if it ain’t broke…..”.
The Art Director insisted that we upgrade the (don’t laugh) Sony 1.3 mega pixel camera, so based on Granny’s Consumer Report we went with the slim Sony Cybershot 7.2 mega pixel digital camera.
LOVE IT!
So […]
Dead Man Walking Pt. 2
Friday, February 1st, 2008Schools canceled, yoga’s canceled, it’s slick, it’s Friday, I’m lazy, let’s do a link dump.
First up, Candace’s post on anesthesia got me thinking on several points…how dangerous it really is. The nip and tuck I wish I could afford. And finally… an ugly confrontation I had right before Christmas with…..an anesthesiologist!
In other news, Virginia […]
Act Now
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Tim had an interesting post on Final Embrace regarding internet shoppers and how they’ve affected the funeral industry. The internet has made a dent in the funeral director’s world. But the funeral director needs to look in the mirror.
Cue up Cher, “If I Could Turn Back Time”. On the local scene I’ve interviewed […]
Planning an A-List Funeral. Goodbye Brooke Astor
Friday, August 17th, 2007NEW YORK (AP) - Brooke Astor left her 83-year-old son a who’s who guest list for her funeral - and a will that pits him against other mourners who have accused him of going for her money while she lived in squalor.
Brooke Astor died Monday at 105 at her Holly Hill country home in Briarcliff […]
Goodbye To A Class Act, Brooke Astor
Monday, August 13th, 2007Brooke Astor, New York City’s unofficial first lady died on Aug. 13 at age 105. She was known as establishing her presence in both the luxury apartments of Fifth Avenue and the tenements of East Harlem, using her inherited millions to help the less fortunate.
Mrs. Astor’s money came from her third husband, Vincent Astor, who […]
Quality Fade
Monday, August 6th, 2007This post might have to be a mini-series, but as funeral directors are tempted to expand the profit margin with Chinese caskets, you must prepare for the likely hood of quality fade. It won’t happen right away, it’s usually the after line is established and a guaranteed profit producer.
It’s an issue we are dealing with […]
