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When I had to shut my business down (See the post about Bally Eden) and bring the contents of my shop home, all my stuff ended up in boxes piled to the ceiling of the garage. I advertised a yard sale and set to work sorting through my stuff. And what I realized yet again,…
I’m all for a good story. I’ve even written a post or two on the subject of the voodoo of stories about you. But what if the stories that I tell myself are holding me back? Where once they were helpful and protected me from pain, they now are outdated and are keeping me from…
In the Spring and the Fall, I loved to have an open house at the shop. I’d make food and offer 10 – 50 % off stuff. But my favorite part was creating the invitations. I would look for just the right image and then cajole someone into making it for me (remember I’m not…
And finally I bring you the television commercial for Bally Eden. A 30 second spot I paid big bucks to have produced and shown on local cable. I think HGTV was one of the stations I chose to run it on. This was a risk for me because there was no money. And sadly, it…
In 2004, this was the house that I rented to build the business that I named Bally Eden. Before I moved in, it was an insurance agency. The walls were wood-paneled and the floors had carpet glued to them. I completely renovated the space and it went from scary to very very lovely. This was…
Do you remember the movie Out of Africa? “I had a farm in Africa”, Meryl Streep’s voice says somberly at the very beginning in that foreboding way that you know she no longer does and you’ll find out why… …I had a shop in Denton. I named it Bally Eden. Baillie is Gaelic for ‘at…
Even though I would never call myself a graphic artist, seems I keep attempting to design logos . You’ve probably have already seen the one at the top of my Shalavee website. After attempting to get the domain name of Chez La Vie, I had to settle for Shalavee (same pronunciation). Even Shalavie was taken….
The deed is done. And yet it’s not. Because there’s a ton of stuff still laying about in my way like a diplomat’s bored daughter. And it’s taking on a radioactive half-life in the bright light of reality. A weeks worth of sorting, pulling, weeding, and pricing stuff for a mere $200 . More money…
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