I loved cooking for my father!  Daddy's favorite foods were few in number, and as a young girl, they were the first things that I learned how to prepare.  Almost every Saturday morning, when I was in junior high, I used to bake a chocolate cake with chocolate icing.  The cake would still be warm when Daddy came in around lunchtime expecting a slice.  I can almost hear him saying “Sugar, is that cake ready yet? How about a taste?”

A coup is a coup when TWO New York Times bestselling authors, whose books have been memorialized in films, come to the Lowcountry for the first time. And a week apart! What a summer for literature!

The Bullying Thing

When I was growing up, some people were mean to me and I was mean to some people. It hurt, and sure, I went home from school crying some days, and sometimes, other people went home crying because of something I did or said. But that was just kid-life. Since when did bullying become a THING, a THING that was newsworthy, law-worthy (really, we can outlaw bullying?), and, most troublingly, leads to so many young people’s deaths? What is going on that kid-on-kid misbehavior now is a not uncommon cause of self-inflicted death?

Ron, Texas

Making Decisions – Part 4 of 6

Congratulations! You are really doing well with your deep dive into planning, making conscious choices, sorting through a number of decisions, and crafting your strategy for starting a business. It might feel a little overwhelming - or maybe it feels a bit tedious and slow - but hopefully it is bringing you clarity and narrowing your focus! What you are doing now is ensuring your success and the ability to sustain your venture. You’re not leaping without thinking. Being actively engaged in creating a process is a lot of work and it will really help keep you moving in a common sense, organized fashion!