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August 22, 2011
networking

I just spent a weekend with several friends from my high school years – a few who I’d not seen or talked with for nearly 40 years. Besides sharing wonderful memories, catching up on parents aging or deceased, reverting to nicknames, and meeting spouses and partners, we asked ourselves and each other multiple times “Why didn’t we stay in touch?”

Had I stayed in touch (otherwise known as networking), I could have visited an authentic 18th century Connecticut house on my vacation...

August 8, 2011

Our guest blogger, JoAnne Lehman, talks about independent bookstores. We like the author’s call to action. Lehman references Ann Arbor which, like Madison, has been rich in independent bookstores. Think Nicola’s Books, DawnTreader, Crazy Wisdom, and the late Shaman Drum.

Last week I attended a reading and Q-and-A with mystery author Sara Paretsky, at one of the few remaining indie bookstores in Madison: Room of One’s Own. “Room,” as it’s often called...