The guy on the corner had a box of kittens. I was walking home from school on my usual route when I saw them. Their tiny heads were poking out, and my heart melted. On the side of the box, someone had written in black marker: “Free Kittens.” They were mostly gray. One of them…
One of the things I enjoy about staying in hotels is getting a complimentary copy of USA Today each morning. Some hotels slip one under your door. Others have stacks of the daily placed strategically around the lobby and in the hotel restaurant. For a Gen Xer like me, who grew up reading the Sunday…
The Oregon Governor’s Marketplace is an annual event in the spring that brings state and federal agencies to the Salem Convention Center in a reverse vendor situation. Small business owners attend to learn about how they can get contracts with these agencies, as well as network with other small business owners. I attended this year’s…
