We got a call from Clementine’s school not too long ago — something about her collecting money from the other kids in kindergarten. We asked her about it, and all that she’d tell us was that it was a secret. She said that she’d stop, but assured that they had been pooling their money for […]
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The candy fortress
Posted in entrepreneurism, Food, Mark's Life Also tagged booby traps, Clementine, healthy candy, kindergarten, Stanley 19 Comments
Granholm celebrates passage of food entrepreneurship laws in Ypsilanti
Michigan Governor, Jennifer Granholm, seen here with Growing Hope executive director Amanda Edmonds and Representative Pam Byrnes, was in Ypsi today, celebrating the passage of two new laws having to do with food-related entrepreneurship. Here’s a clip from AnnArbor.com on what these new laws will allow: …Previously, residents were required to make their foods in […]
Posted in entrepreneurism, Food, Michigan, Ypsilanti Also tagged Amanda Edmonds, baked goods, Bike Ypsi, cereal, coffee, commercial kitchens, cottage food industry, dry mixes, food entrepreneurship, food labels, Growing Hope, Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Department of Agriculture, Pam Byrnes, pies, popcorn, Tour de Fresh, Transition Town Ypsilanti, Zingerman's Community of Businesses 19 Comments
Totally quotable Clementine
[This was said to me on Saturday by Clementine, in Omena, Michigan, where we were camping. It was early in the morning, and she desperately wanted to break into a bag of sour cherry candies that some friends had given her. It was an audacious attempt on her part, which ultimately, I’m sad to say, […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Photographs Also tagged camping, Omena, substituting candy for vitamins, totally quotable Clementine, vitamins 6 Comments