No matter how you slice it, we conduct business daily, and January is as good a time as any to assess your practices, see what needs...

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Forget the kids. Are you ready for the first day of school? Or is your mind stuck on a beach somewhere? Get ready to snap out of summer...

I watched in horror as Nanny poured Crisco oil into the ground beef and Ragu red sauce in the large black iron skillet owned by all...

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At fourteen I became “too old” to hang out at Kiwanis. However, I enjoyed my first real job slinging burgers there at the old snack bar,...

A great grocery bagger is a rare find. Every chance I get, I bag my own groceries, and I say to the confused and employed bagger, “It...