In the Studio

Retreat to the woods Hiding out this week in the Wisconsin north woods… the Heartwood Conference Center, just outside Minong to be specific. Beautiful setting, quiet in terms of people and traffic, but very melodic with birds and frogs, where you can sleep with the patio doors open all night long and wake to the call of a loon. And in truth, the mosquitoes have not been too bad.   Marketing, Goals, and Focus I have been doing some sketching of the great spring landscapes, crooked pine trees, and the lake, but mostly working through business strategies. This is the [...]

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 [...]