by Gregory Smallwood | Nov 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
I went out into the backyard yesterday after church to continue what I worked on last Sunday — mowing and raking and generally getting the yard ready for winter. The first thing I saw gave me pause . . . This is a tulip poplar — we have several that I have...
by Gregory Smallwood | Nov 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Connie Vogt did a really cool slider card for the Free Make It & Take It in our store last Wednesday. She sent me photos and instructions — in advance — I told her I would post them ASAP.So I sat down after lunch on Wednesday and went to work —...
by Gregory Smallwood | Oct 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
The long, cold, dark winter is upon us (how was that for a dreary thought?). For me, this is the most depressing weekend of the year — the time changes Sunday morning. Under the current format, this is as early as it can happen — and it won’t change...
by Gregory Smallwood | Oct 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
We had an Elvis sighting in our store this afternoon. I had never really taken it seriously years ago when I heard that the King had been spotted in a Burger King in Kalamazoo, but who knows?Barry Payne and his wife Maureen are often seen at Marco’s. They take...
by Gregory Smallwood | Oct 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
I love family traditions. We don’t have a lot of them, but I look forward to them every year. My son Ryan is now 21, so he has outgrown (or at least he thinks he has) some of the things we did when he was younger. But some of them remain — and last week...
