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To the Good Life!
It's a statement that draws no argument:  If you work hard, you should get to enjoy the fruits of your labor. For all of the obvious truth of that idea, I wonder how many of us hard-working folks in the watershaping trades take the time for those things that bring us enjoyment and a sense of reward.  To be truthful, my guess is that far too many of us let the hard work get in the way of keeping promises we've made to ourselves to stop and smell the roses every now and then. Years ago, I hosted a radio program with my brother, Guy.  It was called "The Good Life," and the tagline was, "The Bower Brothers sharing their enjoyment of food, wine and the good life."  Neither my brother nor I were
A Call for Ambassadors
"To succeed in business or in life, I don't think you need fancy schooling or highly technical experience.  What I think you need is common sense, a commitment to hard work and the courage to go your own way."                                   -- Robert Mondavi   That statement in Robert Mondavi's autobiography truly inspires me.  As I've prepared myself to write this column, I've been even more conscious of how