Keeping Doors Open and Lights On: Love Your Local Businesses

I am and I do, and choices are important to me.

Yes, that may mean going to four independent stores to purchase what we need, rather than a single warehouse/chain entity, or one online order which arrives in eight different shipments/boxes, but my local stores are right around here, on the way to places I go each week. And they are here because we KEEP spending there, keep supporting them, keep their lights on and doors open.

Who else does the same? 🤩💪🩷

#loveyourlocal
#buybetter #supportrealpeople

Sacrificing "Easy" for "Experiences"

All this talk about "how much more efficient we are", what we scored from Amazon, how incredible it is the mega corporation dropped groceries in a bag on your doorstep.... sure, there are times shortcuts are important. But more often.... there are times we are making excuses to avoid going out, exploring, trying anything new, sharing experiences with children at one of a kind establishments.

   

Moving Forward: November 8th

We made it - we got through this week of voting and non-stop election coverage - and social media posts that didn't always bring out the best in everyone. I specifically did not make posts of any kind this week about politics or voting or anything, because I know you saw plenty of that elsewhere.

Were We Actually "Better" Back Then?

If we pause to think back, maybe to childhood, perhaps.......our communities, towns and neighborhoods weren't built on monopolies and a handful of mega-sized corporations, were they? I don't remember the existence of such massive buildings we have today; I remember going to the family-owned hardware store with my dad, where he knew the owners, and they always talked forever while I roamed the aisles of the most fascinating store ever.

Building your community, or killing it?

Sorry, not sorry..... there is nothing like seeing a town, a once-thriving and beautiful community, which courted a big box retailer, bent over backwards to bring them there, and eagerly spent millions to ensure the terms dictated by a corporation would be met..... become decimated and vacant.