Making sugar from sugar cane. Rounding up hogs. Making clothes out of flour sacks. These are some of the skills that helped my father’s family through the Great Depression on their ranch in TX. One of my favorite things to do is ask him about those days, and hear about how self-reliant the family was,…
A refreshing view on adult refreshments
Robert Rosenthal, the former president of TBWA/Chiat Day, in an AdAge column, writes on the virtues of getting tipsy and setting aside responsibility for a little while…. “Drink responsibly.” Talk about an oxymoron. Haven’t we already got enough responsibility in our lives? Kids. Job. Clients. Decisions. Paying bills. Making deadlines. Watching your weight. Mowing the…
Kids vs. Parents
The other night, after awakening for some reason or another, I lay on my bed in the darkness, thinking about the global financial crisis and worrying about the world in which we’re bringing up our kids. After I got back to sleep, I was awakened again by three-year-old Callum, who seemed to be having a…
What matters
It’s a cliche, I know, to say family, friends and great experiences with them are the most important things in life. But in these frightening financial times, it’s calming to focus on something other than the stock market and politics for a few minutes. To that end, Abi Southerland has started a thread on Making…