As the year comes to a close, I tradionally sort through some random notes and attempt to tie together some loose ends. For me personally, the year was both challenging and rewarding and ...

 ALFRED BERNHARD NOBEL

1833-1896

DISCOVERER AND INVENTOR OF DYNAMITE

President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize.  When Woodrow Wilson, Theodore ...

We ll knew it ws just mtter of time.  The horrible dignosis of brin cncer bsiclly seled Sentor Edwrd Kennedy’s fte.  I for one ws surprised tht he survived s long ...

It might be helpful to remind folks that Walter Cronkite passed away last Friday after having lived nine decades.

What sort of image do you and your establishment and staff project? What are those first impressions you convey?

As the executive director of the Washington Cemetery & Funeral ...

A few years back, my husband and I decided to buy replacement windows for our townhouse. The darned thing was practically made of windows -- 26 of them -- so we were no small account.

We ...

Just a fe quick notes before hitting the ol' dusty trail home:

First, a bleg ("use of a blog to beg") on behalf of one of our members on the Netork: Anyone kno ...

When a funeral director gets chosen for one of those “man on the street” interviews, look out.

I’m writing a series on dealing with the media that is running in ICCFA ...