What's Your Purpose?

On Sunday, Thistle and I were walking off some of our Thanksgiving excess when she spotted a green, plastic cup on the side of the road. She often snags bits of trash and either shred them on the spot, or takes them home in hopes of shredding them there at her...

Black Fridays & Blue Laws

There’s been quite a bit of news coverage of the way Black Friday has started to bleed over into Thanksgiving Day. A number of retailers were open well before midnight on Thursday. There’s been criticism of consumerism, talk of the bad economy and even...

The Best Gift (that was a book)

To follow-up on Wednesday’s book-giving post, I thought I’d ask you to share the best book-gift you’ve ever received. I follow agent Rachelle Gardner’s blog and she hit on this topic last week. It’s a great idea, so I’m stealing it....