Another year and another birthday.  Last week I celebrated another milestone without folly.  I'm not going to tell you how old I am, but I will say I was born…

When I laid out my original store nearly eight years ago I used nothing but hand drawn sketches to render the final layout.  Since then I've made changes and added…

Paper, pens, a new notebook or two, and a ruler were the usual list of back-to-school supplies I used to present to my parents.  It was a shock to me…

For the past few days I've been cleaning my Gardner store in anticipation of completely remodeling the main showroom.  Cleaning at my shop generally means reorganizing parts, breaking out the…

Before I dive into this week's article I want to apologize for using a word incorrectly last week.  I did not realize the word had alternate meanings until it was…

My first music compact disc was by a group called Run D.M.C. and was purchased at the same time I bought my first CD player.  Ironically, the CD wasn't recorded…

For the past few weeks I've been agonizing over my daughter's request for a portable cassette player.  She has been searching for a specific model and asked if I knew…

Before I dive into this week's article, I wanted to call attention to my new picture.  The last was three years old and customers have been telling me it needed…

I just put the finishing touches on an apartment renovation in a house that's been in my family for years.  Every night for the past week I've been lugging my…