My Little Town

As you may guess from the title, I grew up in the small northwest Iowa town of Paullina, but I never knew it was small. My parents did a great job of showing me the world, the World Book Encyclopedias were always close at hand and we traveled from coast to coast in summers visiting historical place ... Read the rest of entry »

Serendipity, Synchronicity and Surprise

Many thanks are extended to you who reached out to me as a result of losing my canine friend, Toby. The tears shed by others were actually a comfort to me, which was surprising. Transitioning from one place to another as I contemplated this month’s column, something else surprising happened ... Read the rest of entry »

Toby and Me

Summer 2010 Life can be hard, business can be hard and sometimes life and business are so intertwined that both are hard. Floods, oil spills, tough economics or loss can affect our lives and businesses. I am in one of those times right now, because I just lost my two-year old Goldendoodle, Toby, s ... Read the rest of entry »

Maggie's Musing June 2010

June 2010 Last month I said I would offer some insight to Corridor influencers you may not know. If you don’t know her, let me introduce you to Niki Neems, the woman business owner of RSVP, a unique card, gift and stationery shop in Iowa City. Just like this column has received an update, so ... Read the rest of entry »

Customer Service Can Make or Break Your Business

January 22, 2009In early January, I left my home (trying to get ahead of a snow storm) to drive to northwest Iowa to celebrate my mother’s 70th birthday. As I traveled north on I-380, I noticed a loud sound in my car’s exhaust system. With a couple of calls, I located a company who could look at my ... Read the rest of entry »

Maggie's Musings

Maggie's MusingsOk, ok, ok! Where, oh where, has Maggie gone? Oh where, oh where, can she be…Now you can hum while you read those words or just skip and read on. If you really want to know, I have been reading and thinking and working and doing all sorts of musing about this new space. What new spac ... Read the rest of entry »

New Beginnings

“Some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity…” Gilda Radner Everyday we have the opportunity to ... Read the rest of entry »