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Category: Memoir

  • Meeting an Advertising Icon…Sort of

    Meeting an Advertising Icon…Sort of

    Not a lot of people can say that they’ve met the Pillsbury Doughboy. Oh sure, there are some good one-liners about meeting up with him by the dairy case at the grocery store, extending a hand and asking “want to join us for dinner?” But I’m talking for real. In the late-1980’s, I worked at…

  • A Little Faith and The DeLorean

    A Little Faith and The DeLorean

    During these slow, hot days of August I’ve been thinking back to small and large life events that have left a lasting impression on me. When this particular one popped into my head, I thought “Yes. This is a story to tell.” It was August 2008. We were on the road driving our son Will…