Do You Nurture Encore customers?

Do You Nurture Encore customers?

Robert E. Lee is a plantsman from Independence, Louisiana (no relation to the General.)  He is famous for creating the encore azaleas—a hybrid between a standard azalea and a Fourth of July Rhododendron. (I am not making up any of these patriotic...
Serving with “Kentucky Windage”

Serving with “Kentucky Windage”

My very rural hometown was (and is) in the middle of hunting country.  And, I lived on a farm deep in the pine woods on the edge of a swamp.  As a youngster I hunted dove, quail and squirrel that often wound up on our supper table.  I do not hunt today...
Delivering Service That Soars

Delivering Service That Soars

Over the holidays my wife and I visited the U.S.S. Intrepid, an aircraft carrier docked in the Manhattan harbor.  The museum on the deck of the ship houses the space shuttle, Enterprise. Nearby is a tribute to Charles F. Bolden, Jr. who served as NASA...
Avoiding the ‘Baby Armadillo’ Customer

Avoiding the ‘Baby Armadillo’ Customer

Four identical armadillos were recently born under my house and this weekend made their first foray into our yard searching for food, unaccompanied by a parent. I hate armadillos! It is very personal. When I lived in Texas, I took great delight in eliminating their...