WEEK #26 JUNE 24th, 2024

Dear Customers, In a little over a week from now, our great nation will celebrate its 248th birthday with pageantry, parades, and pyrotechnics!  The actual day falls on a Thursday this year, which as always, is a federal holiday.  If you’re angling to get a four-day weekend, however, you’re probably going to have to dig…

WEEK #25 JUNE 17th, 2024

Dear Customers, When we moved into this building back in 2003, we inherited among other things, a double-door cooler located at the end of aisle #1.  It had been used for cut flowers, bouquets and the like.  Over the years we’ve pressed it into service at best sporadically.  It has probably been empty or nearly…

WEEK #23 JUNE 3rd-9th, 2024

Dear Customers, Old age has rendered my vocal cords nearly as decrepit as all the rest of my organs!  It wasn’t always that way, however.  Once upon a time I sang in the school choirs, for the Swingin’ 70’s (and 60’s prior to that) and often soloed at wedding ceremonies – including my own! The…