Digital Hanukkah

This year I partook in a yearly tradition of connecting with a friend by video chat while she and her young son light the Hanukkah candles. We started this a few years ago

Know What You Are Buying

If you have been near a television, radio or computer in the past few months you have heard someone mention bitcoin, the digital currency. It’s been in the news lately because its

This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Every marketer tries to tie their emails to holidays, seasons, current events or other things that are going on in the world of their customers and prospects. Those hooks are the things that

Perched on a Branch

The temperature and the moisture in the air were just right that a small pile of ice crystals formed on a tree branch outside my bedroom. This was very different from frost on

Ladybug Invasion

This time of year, as the weather turns colder, ladybugs decide that it would be warmer inside someone’s house. It is usually a very small invasion, consisting of one or two ladybugs.