“This is silly,” I thought as I drove circles around the Christmas wrapping display at the store Friday evening. Why even waste time picking out a funky paper design because it was going to be torn up in three seconds flat? It seems that all of the gifts I’ve purchased this year are taking the bette...

The big news in Fredericksburg the week of Dec. 4, 1941 was that new traffic lights were being added to the city’s electric grid. The sheep and goat raisers were prepping for their convention in Del Rio, and the reading and sewing clubs were holding their monthly meetings. But the morning of Dec. 7 ...

The cold winds of December had been creeping across the landscape of the territory known as the Western Front for several days. The year is 1914 and German soldiers have been fighting their British and French counterparts for about four months in what was called “The War to End All Wars.” (Eventuall...

Last Friday evening after work, I roared over to the grocery store for a quick jug of milk. Before I even stepped a foot in the door, it became obviou...

“I think I’m just going to live in a tent in some field.” This is what I overheard a friend say the other day when he was talking about finding a plac...

I love marketing. Not the MBA kind. I’m talking about street level, guerilla type marketing, that doesn’t require a string of letters after your name ...