Lunch With… Mrs. Wooley

My 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Wooley, stood about 4 feet tall with tight gray curls and a look that could wither you where you sat. She could also make you feel like a million bucks. I guess those twin skills were honed over years in the classroom and I was lucky enough to have her […]

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Brunch with Mom

Happy Mother’s Day! Many of us won’t be able to be face-to-face with our Mom’s today. I keep looking for any little slivers of a silver lining that I can find during this health crisis. I lived and raised my three children with no extended family anywhere near. And I raised them in the South […]

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Ghost Kitchens. Friend or Foe?

This quote from a recent Forbes article really scares me. “In high labor cost markets, ghost restaurants can bring down the price of handmade meals, and at the end of the day, convenience will always win. Cooking on a daily basis is a mandatory chore that many people hate. By enhancing the whole value chain […]

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Lunch with… Warren Buffet

In a few days, Omaha will host the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway investors and it always marks a time of the year when Omaha, Buffet, and his company’s are a bit more prominent than usual in the media. That and the fact that baseball is in full swing which means, yep, the college world […]

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Lunch With… Helen Reddy

People get asked that question a lot.  Who would you like to have lunch with?  And most people answer Oprah, the Pope, a President, Warren Buffett etc…  Nope, not me, my top pick right now with would be Helen Reddy. Why Helen Reddy? Yes, she has a fantastic voice and has been a performer, well […]

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