My Third Praise Card
Today, the unthinkable happened. I received my third Praise Card. And no, I don’t mean “Praise” in the religious sense (although we do get a fair…
Corporate Comes to Call
At exactly 11:13am on Thursday morning, The Shop’s corporate cavalcade rolled into the parking lot. “The mother ship has landed!” I hissed into my headset. As…
Of Daydreams and Die Cut Machines
Tomorrow is going to be a big day at The Shop. Corporate is coming. As so are the company’s investors, which means that the future of…
My Weekly Dose of Enlightenment
Last week, sitting outside the Senior Editor’s office at Quaker Magazine Headquarters with a pile of manuscripts in my lap, I had a brilliant idea. “Hey!”…
When Did I Become Invisible?
Standing up at Reggie #1, wishing the Handsome-and-Potentially-Heterosexual-Male-Customer in line would notice me, I can’t help but wonder: is this what it feels like to be…
