📬 If Social Media Vanished Tomorrow, Could Your Customers Still Find You?
Smokey Road BBQ, a new Herbal Bitch Society shelf at Alchemy, and why the most dependable marketing tools are the ones you own.
👢 Boots On the Ground This Week, In More Ways Than One
Fusion Fest, the Blueberry Crumble's comeback at Counterspell, and a first retail shift that taught me more than a month of reports.
😬 The Week An Emergency Dental Visit Tested My Systems
An emergency tooth pulling cleared my calendar, and every business I work with kept humming along without me. That's what solid systems look like.
☕ Skipping the Market, the Sandwich, and the Routine
Under the weather and off my usual routine: a slower Sunday, a thoughtful Root + River newsletter, and why boring work done consistently is still the whole strategy.
🍖 Ribs, Records, and Ribbon-Cutting Quiet Work
Sunchoke Farms holding down the bakery, Smokey Road's ribs, and why a discount code with an end date is a real lever.
🌆 Small Town, Big Connections: This Week's Proof
Goodbye to the jalapeño cheddar boule, hello Smokey Road BBQ. A barista's tip, a printing-shop connection, and some wrench-turning on my own website.
🧮 QuickBooks Tried Me This Week, But Saturday Fixed Everything
A QuickBooks mis-sync, Teacher Appreciation Day in the Near Northwest Neighborhood, a botanical perfume class, and why clean systems only get noticed when they break.
🥐 Not Live from The General Today, Lovingly Blame Art Beat
Art Beat closed The General, so this one's live from Cafe Capriccio. Plus Alchemy's new Sale section, Root + River's first-ever newsletter, and why a good discount code does real work.
☕️ Coffee, Chaos, and the First Wrangler Wire
The very first Wrangler Wire: what this Sunday note is, nearly 25 new products at Alchemy Healing Arts, and an inventory system taking shape at Root + River.