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The Call That Changed Everything
One day in 2005 I received a voicemail from a shipping company.
They had tried calling the day before, but the message asking where I wanted my shi...
The Singapore Kitchen
By the spring of 2006, I had made maybe a thousand Cottage Mills®.
That was it.
No distributors. No chain stores. No paid advertising. Just me, wor...
Reflecting on 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, I can't help but reflect on the year, and the traditionally crazy holiday gift giving season.
It's the end of my 20th yea...
Buy Canadian. The survival of our country literally depends on it.
Buy Canadian. The survival of our country literally depends on it.
I used Chat GPT and said "In 2005, I cut down a dead elm tree and turned one of the branches into some pepper grinders. I have now made 55,000, all with a 25-year guaranteed ceramic mechanism from Denmark inside. Write me a four-paragraph story on that.'
In the fall of 2005, the dry crackle of dead elm leaves underfoot marked the beginning of an unexpected journey. A dying elm tree stood tall on my ...
I'm Not a Blog Guy
I've always said that if something doesn't catch my attention, it probably doesn't catch the attention of many others. I think I'm a pretty normal ...