New parents: don’t blink
Time flies More than once I’ve said to myself and others for that matter, “Where did the time go?” It was only 18 years, four months and 16 days ago … Continue Reading New parents: don’t blink
Time flies More than once I’ve said to myself and others for that matter, “Where did the time go?” It was only 18 years, four months and 16 days ago … Continue Reading New parents: don’t blink
Honoring Our Veterans One week ago I had the opportunity to document the third Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois trip. For those who don’t know, the Honor Flight provides … Continue Reading GratiTuesday: Veterans Honor Flight
First three letters in news In June 1999 my career in TV news came to a screeching halt. After nearly two years in Florence, Alabama, the owners of the TV … Continue Reading GratiTuesday: Ryan Gerding & Gina Quattrocchi
Stride Pro Wrestling’s Superfan Pro wrestling fans are a unique bunch. They’re some of the most passionate and caring people I’ve met. That probably breaks a stereotype non-wrestling fans have … Continue Reading GratiTuesday: Jamie Woodworth Meyers
MDMC18 My junior year of college I took a marketing class. I enjoyed it so much that I had considered adding marketing as a minor. But I was not focused … Continue Reading Kevin Hunsblogger returns to the ‘best marketing conference’
Making Wellness Fun In case you didn’t know Saturday, March 24 is the first ever Southern Illinois Wellness Expo. The Southern Illinois Wellness group has been touting the benefits of … Continue Reading Top 10 reasons to attend the SI Wellness Expo
Positivity, give it a chance I want to start off by saying I have no problem with positivity. In fact, I embrace it. But it wasn’t always that way. My … Continue Reading The problem with positivity
Get ready for the smackdown I met ‘Heath’ Hatton in 2010 when he appeared on News 3 This Morning to promote a wrestling fundraiser he was a part of. He … Continue Reading GratiTuesday: Tyler ‘Heath’ Hatton
I’m here for you My headline for this blog post is a legitimate question. I’ll get more in depth in a moment. First though let me share a backstory. I’ve been … Continue Reading How can I help you?
Heaven needed a Marine I met John Kiesling shortly after moving to southern Illinois in 2004. I work with Mr. Kiesling’s son Mark but attended church with Mark’s parents. I … Continue Reading GratiTuesday: John Kiesling
She Loves Me, Not… I’ve shared this story before on another website, but I’ve tweaked it because it is a tale worth sharing again. I’m not writing this to complain … Continue Reading GratiTuesday: Debbie Weissflug
“I will do my best…” I first met Laura Estes in 2011 when our daughters signed up to be Girl Scouts. Laura was an assistant leader that first year. But … Continue Reading GratiTuesday: Laura Estes
Kicking Cancer’s Butt I first met Ed Vinyard in 2014. It was my first year performing at the Hospice of Southern Illinois Red Carpet Gala. Ed’s wife, Jennifer, is the … Continue Reading GratiTuesday: Ed Vinyard
Life is grand… In 2009 the TV station I work at started doing a live chat called ‘Cover it Live’. Each morning my co-anchor Emily and I would interact with … Continue Reading GratiTuesday: Jim ‘Rhino’ Reincke
Spread the word Most of what I know about social media and content creation comes from two of my mentors; Tom Harness and Gary Vaynerchuk. Tom is my real life … Continue Reading Redistributing old content
Smile! I can’t pinpoint the time period, but I know it’s been in the last few years that I’ve become friends with Jenn Fortune. She’s a photographer here in Carterville … Continue Reading GratiTuesday: Jenn Fortune