How do you sell your Amazon business? Here is what I did to sell mine. Make your business as profitable as possible. Decide why a buyer would want your business. What is your unique selling point? If you intend to sell your account then get Amazon's permission. Get your financial … [Read more...]
Selling My Amazon Business
I started my business because I wanted to build something valuable. I sold it because it was time to build something else. I loved the challenge of creating, then growing something scratch. Although my Amazon business remained small (about $100K annual sales), it was fun to carefully select … [Read more...]
Right to Life Prayer Service in Bronson Park, Downtown Kalamazoo, January 23, 2016
Today is the 44th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision that removed many states' prohibitions on abortions. Our Catholic Bishop Paul Bradley, Lutheran pastors Paul Naumann and David Sidwell, and about 250 others gathered in Bronson Park for a Prayer for Life, a short prayer … [Read more...]
Uh Oh! Truck Trouble In the Middle of Nowhere: The Kindness of Strangers
Dave and I honeymooned in Grand Marais, Michigan so have fond memories of the beautiful lakeshore and tiny town. It is 18 miles from Grand Marais Michigan to Muskallonge State Park where we camped, about 12 miles are unpaved and bumpy and there isn't much traffic. Luckily you can see dust plumes a … [Read more...]
Renaissance Music from the Gilmore Keyboard Festival
This has been the month for concerts, beginning with the Kalamazoo symphony, then Classics Uncorked chamber recital, the Detroit symphony, two of the incredible Gilmore keyboard events here, and topped off with our last Detroit symphony concert Thursday, which happened to be our 43 wedding … [Read more...]
Being Poor in Spirit – Every Day We Long for Grace
Twice lately the gospel readings at Mass have been Matthew 5, the Beatitudes, once on Sunday and once for my father-in-law's funeral. Listening to this while mourning Dave's Dad made me think about what these passages mean. I've been puzzled by the beatitudes, just what does it mean to be … [Read more...]
Enjoying the Arts! Art Hop in Downtown Kalamazoo
We're lucky in Kalamazoo to enjoy a community that values art. Every June the Kalamazoo Institute for the Arts puts on a major art show in Bronson Park with quality fine art and fine craft, plus there are exhibits at the KIA and the local colleges, Western Michigan and Kalamazoo College. In … [Read more...]
Growing Older with Grace and Joy – The Importance of Friends
One goal for this blog is to share growing older with grace and joy. Sometimes that's harder than others. It means accepting the wonders of life at the same time as realizing that my time on earth has a finite limit. The presence of good friends makes it easier to live in grace and feel the joy … [Read more...]
Fixing Up the Swimming Pool – It’s Hot Outside!
When we moved here 20 months ago it was October and way too cold to go swimming. The previous owners had thoughtfully winterized the pool for us and we were excited to use it last summer. We never had a pool before aside from the little wading pools for the kids - which we used ourselves in really … [Read more...]
Good Friends – Cherish and Enjoy
"A faithful friend s a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure. A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth. A faithful friend is a life-saving remedy, such as he who fears God finds. For he who fears God behaves accordingly and his friend is like himself." … [Read more...]