Whoosh! How does ten years go by so fast? Scary fast. A decade ago at this time I was losing interest in my day job, scouring want ads for something new and freelancing on the side. The something new never materialized but the side gigs multiplied. Thus began my adventure as a solo entrepreneur and my Adunate business. Ten years later, I’m still at […]
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How You Can Preserve the Good Food Movement
I just can’t tell you how good our Fachwerk barn smells right now! Last week we harvested garlic and now one of the hand-hewn beams of our barn is fully lined with this earthy delight. If former lives were such a thing, I’m sure I was an Italian maiden and this brick barn of mine presided over an old-world villa. Don’tcha […]
No Pain, No Gain Doesn’t Apply to Desk Chairs
Last year around this time I pulled something in my back. Technically, it was a herniated disc, which then pinched a femoral nerve down the front of my leg. Normally I wouldn’t know such anotomical terms except it hurt so much I broke down and went to a doctor. What a drag. I’ve gotta admit I’m […]
My AIGA is Fashion Freedom
Do you ever read Penelope Trunk? She’s a career columnist and founder of four startups, most recently Quistic. I follow her blog because she’s a marketing genius and if I don’t learn something from her, I know I will from her huge following of commenters. So Penelope is quite—how shall we say—unique. Every once in […]
Picking Pickles is Like Proofing Prose
Here’s another pickle picture. I know I’ve posted a lot of them lately, but in my garden this has been the year of pickles—they just keep coming and coming! Technically, they’re cucumbers while still on the vine and they become pickles after I can them, but for the sake of alliteration I’m going with pickles (I […]