Small Business Boomers

I recently visited a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Iowa.  On the wall, there was a little red plaque about 8 inches square.  The guide said that Wright only would put one of those plaques on a house if the owners agreed to let him design it exactly as it wanted.  They couldn’t change anything. Nothing.  These owners wanted this “Wright seal of approval” so badly they agreed to let him tell them how they would live in their home.
I was appalled at the stuff they let him dictate:

Wright didn’t believe in garages (in Iowa! in the winter!), but he …read more

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Those of us in Iowa, and elsewhere in the Midwest, have had a long, cold, snowy winter. I feel like I am just coming out of hibernation. I got my car washed, got the winter grime off, and I went to work for the first time in months without a coat. The first spring flowers are starting to bloom, but most of the trees still have no leaves, not even buds – about 3 weeks later than usual. But at least it’s here.
I think we’ve all been depressed, and I wonder how the pioneers …read more

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