Flight Attendants: Prepare the Cabin for Takeoff

When I was a kid, traveling on an airplane was exciting. It was different. Luxurious. We would watch the farmlands of Kansas become a patchwork quilt as we soar higher and higher in the air. And a stewardess would give us a free Coke and a little bag of peanuts. Sometimes you would even be … Continue reading Flight Attendants: Prepare the Cabin for Takeoff

My Cooking Assistant

Remember when the newest innovation in home refrigerators was that you could choose your color? I don't either, but our refrigerator is an important member of our family. "What's for dinner?" is a question I must answer every day, and my first step in answering the question is looking in the fridge. I'm not much … Continue reading My Cooking Assistant

Ann Taylor listens

This is exactly the way social media should work. Like millions of other brands, Ann Taylor has a Facebook page. They also have a Facebook page for their LOFT brand, a less expensive and more casual extension of their Ann Taylor brand. Recently it posted a picture of a model in one of their article … Continue reading Ann Taylor listens

Everything’s Amazing and Nobody is Happy

I took the title of this post from this YouTube video. A twitter follower directed me to it after she read my post "Our house circa 1980-1990." I love this video. It made me laugh out loud and nod in agreement. Technology is a wonderful thing. In my lifetime we've gone from cassette tapes and … Continue reading Everything’s Amazing and Nobody is Happy

The social media revolution

Lately, it seems I've been having to defend the benefits of social media. I see the value of listening, connecting and publishing, but others don't. Maybe this will help. The original version of this video was posted in July 2009. In less than a year, it had to be updated.