Thank You for The Tragedy, I Need It For My Art

Thank You for The Tragedy, I Need It For My Art

It’s no secret that I love poetry, most especially the old english poets and our very own Robert Frost and Charles Bukowski.  I also only read non-fiction books and autobiographies, and if I do watch TV it’s always documentaries or American Greed or other...
To Thine Own Self Be True

To Thine Own Self Be True

Hamlet, Act I, Scene III. Lines 78-82: Polonius: “This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell, my blessing season this in thee!”   Ahhhh, Shakespeare, I needed to hear this...
Scrubbing Bubbles

Scrubbing Bubbles

“We work hard, so you don’t have toooooooooooo”.    The Scrubbing Bubbles commercial had it right, way back in 1978. They produced a TV commercial featuring these funny looking alien-like creatures that talked to each other and told us that they...
I Know Everybody On This Island

I Know Everybody On This Island

Once prom rolls around in the spring, when things are blooming and life feels like it is beginning again, I immediately start to feel anxious. And every year I realize it’s because of  graduation.  I still don’t know why it makes me so incredibly...
Look Deep Into Nature

Look Deep Into Nature

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better”.  Albert Einstein I took this advice when I was looking to change our packaging for our new products.  Nature always finds a way to protect itself,  even in the harshest...
And This Gives Life To Thee

And This Gives Life To Thee

Yesterday, the world paused as the great Notre Dame burned. And as I watched, and tried to make sense of it all, I couldn’t help wonder about the old English poets, and how they tried to tell us about statues and buildings and man-made structures. Yes, there...