I really enjoyed this blog post today, a story called Me and Moe (not about  me - although my nickname is Moe).  Melissa, the author, and I are both bloggers on www.PEICanada.com and I’ve been really impressed with her writing.  She inspires  me, frankly, to be a better writer and a better person.

Thought you would enjoy it too…  click on the link above to read.

An absolutely mind-boggling, factual and interesting video worth a watch from Mark Bittman, a food critic, journalist and best-selling author.  For all of you health conscious folks.

We just moved to a place that is right across the street from a state-of-the-art playground, arguably the nicest on Prince Edward Island.  My kids have been there everyday, pretty much a few times a day, since we moved here.  We down-sized from 1900sqft to just over 800sqft.  We don’t have cable or satelitte tv, just two bedrooms, kitchen and living-room.  No home phone or even a pc other than my laptop.

I pick up a wireless signal somehow so as far as bills go… no heat, internet, cable or home phone bills.  I’m estimating that gas consumption for driving will be cut in half.

Toys and junk have been completely cut back… although two birthdays in the next 10 days will change that

No office filled to the brim with junk.  No rec room, play room, spare room, dining room, basement, yard to mow, garage with critters in it.   No propane bill, garden to weed (although I do have a plot in the back of the building for next spring if I want).

I brought all of my art.  Our books.  Clothes, kitchen stuff, bikes, wool woven rugs that my mom made us.

Anyway, life is grand.  I love the fact that we’ve cut back on how much “stuff” we have.  I love that we can walk to the grocery store or walk to rent a video.  I love being able to walk around the school and through fields while the kids play at the park.  I love having neighbourhood kids around and come calling for my boys.  It’s so nice to have friends stopping in.

I’m not missing rural living at this point.   My kids still mention that they may want to move back to the big blue house that we’re renting out to students right now and I loathe to tell them I’m thinking of putting it on the market.

So if I can propose an analogy for small business, it’s a challenge to you business owners to consider cutting back on how much stuff you have.  Think about how you can streamline things.  Inquire to see if someone can help you become more efficient by the use of their expertise.  You’re small so you should be able to move quickly.   Cut back the fat, trim the excess.   Make use of the free or low-cost tools on the internet to help market your business.   Get back to enjoying what you do.

I thought you small business owners might enjoy video clips in the Globe and Mail online titled “What entrepreneurs should demand in this election”

On CBC!
Karen Mair of CBC’s Island Morning contacted me last week to see if I’d go on her show to discuss marketing and the upcoming election.  So this morning Melody Dover of Fresh Media and I had a conversation with Karen about the different aspects of the campaigns from messages to websites Read more »

hellooooooo islanders! (from Rose Cousins)…

I’m heading home for one more show this season
probably the last show i’ll do in PEI til I have a new CD
well into 2009.  I’m heading in to the studio in the new year!
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SHOW
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