Author Archives for Trish Tolley
Our ancestors shopped on Fridays too: Gems in historical newspapers
So, some folks got up this last weekend, before the sun, and stood in long lines outside stores, hoping for a great deal. Big screen TV? New smart phone? Clothes for the children who will grow out of them before the next “Black Friday?” In America, we are bombarded with advertisements that invite us to [...]
When all else fails, read the instructions.
Several years ago, the small company I was working for purchased various items for our move into a new office building. We spent a day getting our files organized, our favorite colors of sticky notes arranged on our desks, and building smaller pieces of office furniture we needed to make the office functional and efficient.
My [...]
