In the Studio

Covid-19 flipped everything topsy-turvey, and navigating normal is being redefined. [...]

We all have lost a loved one or we all will some day, and Memorial Day is dedicated to the remembrance of those who have passed. It has been many years since I lost my grandmother – I was only 9 – yet she had a huge impact on my as yet short life. She always encouraged me to just try it, whatever it was. She was trying to teach me to make lefse  (the cooking stuff never did stick) and I would go to the church quilting bee with her and help tie the quilts. My grandfather passed away when [...]

The best life and business lessons learned are from failures. But I think the key is to LEARN and GROW from those mistakes and not repeat them or compound them. One of the earliest lessons I ever learned was in high school. I played fast-pitch softball, and I could throw the ball really hard. I also threw it over the backstop, took out my mother (she never did agree to be my catcher again), lost count of how many batters I hit and I even disabled a few umpires. Even though I threw the ball very fast, I never did know if the batters [...]