June 1, 2020 | Editor's Note
Welcome to altered reality. We are not watching a movie, this time, though. We are living it. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the rhythm of all families, business, commerce and life. Forced isolation paradoxically led to new and more expansive connections. Our ...
April 2, 2020 | Editor's Note
Stories are too common about issues of inequality, and also negative treatment or exclusion of women across multiple industries. The #metoo movement in the entertainment industry is a big one, as high-profile people always have a curious public peering into the...
February 21, 2020 | Editor's Note
This is a tale of good things happening when I wasn’t ready. I don’t want to say timing was bad, because is there ever a bad time for good things to happen? If you keep up with the adventures of my daughter, Ella, and myself as her chaperone through...
December 6, 2019 | Editor's Note
You’ve heard the phrase,” living out of a suitcase.” Well that is my life lately. And I don’t mind at all. In fact, it’s provided refreshing perspective. Due to my daughter Ella’s acting career, she and I spend months at a ti...
September 12, 2019 | Editor's Note
Derek Jeter. Adam Sandler. Jane Curtin. Will Sasso. Christina Vidal. Ella Grace Helton. A mere list of names. Perhaps you recognize a few. Derek: One of the greatest baseball players ever, in an elite club with 3,000 hits, now co-owner and CEO of t...
July 25, 2019 | Editor's Note
Religion. What does that word mean to you? How about faith? My faith was rocked many years ago, starting when my brother, Matthew, was born with severe cerebral palsy. I was 7 at the time and immediately questioned how God could allow such a horrible thing to h...
May 22, 2019 | Editor's Note
It’s still settling in that my 6-year-old and I spent two months in Los Angeles, came home for a week and a half, then went right back. After a successful two and a half years of acting and modeling, Ella’s journey led her — and me as momager ...
April 10, 2019 | Editor's Note
Build it and they will come. The question for any business, though, is will people still come after that initial I’m-checking-you-out phase is over. The answer for Earth Fare is a resounding yes. And it’s easy to see why. I was able to take my daugh...
