Spring Tax Update
It’s no secret that I love doing our taxes. I love the excuse to sit quietly, without interruption for a prolonged period of time. I love the excuse to look back on 2015. I love seeing how the business has […]
“Rich Kids” Money Tips
Originally written by Elaine Grogan Luttrull for the Clark Hulings Fund‘s striving artist series (“The Financial Secrets of Rich Kids“) and re-posted with permission. “What are the rich kids doing that I’m not?” I paused for a long […]
March 2016 Tasks
Welcome to March, a month of celebrating women’s history (and our future), college basketball, and the welcome arrival of spring. If you only do one thing this month, you should probably fill your bird feeder. Or plant a butterfly garden. […]
If It Bleeds, It Leads
There’s an old newsroom trope that is generally thought to have originated in a 1989 cover story for New York Magazine by Eric Poole. The piece, “Grins, Gore, and Videotape: The Trouble with Local TV News,” was a sweeping critique […]
GiveBackHack 2016
Last night GiveBackHack hosted the Sunday Night Presentations at CCAD. Nearly 200 members from the community joined us for 12 incredible presentations from teams who had researched, tested, iterated, and built sustainable ideas to improve the world during the 72 […]
Loving Your Money
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. And nothing says Happy Valentine’s Day like an article on frugality, which is perhaps, why I absolutely adore reading the Sunday Times over coffee every Sunday morning. This week, “Pinching Pennies in the Right Places” […]
Wear Real Pants
When I was first drafting my first book, I had a “writing outfit.” I loved wearing it during the writing hours I carved out of my schedule. I loved wearing it on non-writing days to remind me that I had […]
February 2016 Tasks
To Do This Month: Floss (And Budget Too) Welcome to February! Even with a bonus day this year, February promises to be a short month where we cram in an insane amount of things to do. We celebrate African American […]
Lessons from Lark’s Business of Art
In October of 2012, Playwrights of New York and The Lark hosted the first Business of Art workshop, a two-day playwrights-only boot camp that focuses on business and financial aspects of running a creative career. As we conclude our […]
MLK Remembrances
I love MLK Day, particularly as celebrated by President Obama. I love that we focus on volunteerism and giving back. I love that we focus on service. For service, above all else, is what Dr. King represented to me. […]
