I met Shark Tank’s Leslie Haywood at a ladies’ luncheon. She invented Grill Charms, a grilling accessory that helps identify which meats belong to a particular eater. Kind of like wine glass charms for meat.
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When Athens, Georgia’s Avid Bookshop invited me to appear in their stupendous Prince Avenue space, I barked,
“YESYESYESYESYESYES!”
Sure, I was excited about an invite to a prestigious indie bookstore. But I took the event to drag Dad back to the University of Georgia. I imagined us strolling through the UGA campus, him regaling me with stories of his college days.
“I want to see that Georgia-Missouri basketball game!”
“Really, Dad? I mean, it starts at noon, and we’re not driving over until Saturday, so—”Continue Reading
Smartphones make is easy to snap a picture, to freeze a moment, to make a visual memory. When I walked the Natchez Trace, I took hundreds of photos. Five hours alone on my feet meant lots of boredom. I filled that boredom with point-and-shoot.
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