5 Reasons to Travel Now…If You Can

I know we all want to hunker down and stay home. But in the last 3 weeks I have traveled quite a bit more than usual—mostly for business—and it reminded me that travel is especially important in down times. Here’s …

Natural Products Expo West, Day 2

7:53 am (Pacific Time) Oh my gosh, I’m more excited than I thought I would be. The hall isn’t open yet, but in the lobby there is an exhibit of new products, and I can’t wait to try all of …

Natural Products Expo West, Day 1

1:21 pm (Pacific Time) I’m on my way to Anaheim, CA, for Natural Products Expo West. While changing planes in Phoenix, I was starving, since there was no food on the 5-hour flight from Philadelphia. One man was so incensed …

Swimming Against the Tide

The other day I was describing these tough economic times as getting caught in a tide that’s going out to sea. It’s hard to swim ashore when everything around you is pulling you out to the deep, dark water. I …

Our Hero’s Journey?

I consider myself a navigator. I love to study maps, figure out where I am going, find the most interesting route to get there, and then sync up the memorized map in my head with the terrain unfolding before my …

Blogging from the Trail, Day 4

1-21-09 5:17 pm Well, it’s good to be home. Here is what I missed most, in order of priority: my kids, my own organic coffee, my own shower, and my own bed. But even though it was an epic challenge …

Blogging from the Trail, Day 2

1-19-09 1:17 pm We breezed into DC realizing right away it would be a T-shirt festivus. It was too early to check into the hotel; besides, the lobby was in a veritable frenzy from a gay leather convention checking out …