Here's a story I wrote for The Laurel Independent newspaper printed each month and distributed locally. It's about Friends of Tonga and the good work they're doing to support educational opportunities, water-scarcity issues and…
Many people say such things as "I can't wear yellow."
And that just ain't true.
You need to know which yellow you "get" in your seasonal color palette. For example, I'm a soft, smoky, rosy,…
College Job #3
My 18-year-old self naively assumed once I left my parents' home for college, I was out--gone, coming back just for holidays and special events. And as my freshman spring semester…
College job #2
My second job in college was also a work-study job in the same dining hall, except it was at night when the dining hall was transformed into a bar. Or…
Hmm. Interesting.
Vivo Barefoot is refurbishing worn and returned shoes and reselling them. Interesting.
I do love the brand they created for this effort-RE-Vivo. I mean, is that brilliant, or what?
On an eco/ethical/marketing level, it's…
In another era and another time, long before sites such as ebay, Poshmark and even Facebook Marketplace allowed people to resell items online and find buyers far and wide with relative ease, thrift…
I visited UMBC's campus earlier today to meet up with their magazine's managing editor and photographer for a photoshoot they were doing for an article I wrote about one of their alum, Chandra…