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Annie Dillard Was a Real One: The Woman Who Understood That Seeing the World Is Not the Same as Understanding It

Annie Dillard spent her life examining the extraordinary mysteries hiding inside ordinary existence. Her passing reminds me that the greatest writers don't simply teach us how to read the world. They force us to confront how little of it we've actually bothered to see. There is something profoundly unsettling about losing a writer who spent her entire life reminding us that everything was temporary in the first place. It's almost as though death, that arrogant bastard, decided to interrupt a conversation about its own inevitability. And in the case of Annie Dillard, the irony is particularly cruel because few writers understood the strange relationship between life, suffering, beauty, and mortality quite like she did. Annie Dillard died on September 15, 2026, at the age of 81. The world lost a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, an extraordinary essayist, a fearless intellectual, and a woman who possessed the increasingly endangered ability to look at something ordinary and reco...
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5 Things to Do Before You Start Your Business

 


You've decided to start a business by turning your hobby into a money-making venture. Before you launch your business, There are a few things you may want to explore before quitting your brick and mortar job.

The following 5 things are common items many entrepreneurs overlook. Exploring the following could save you headaches and possibly legal issues later on.

1. Check licensing laws for any permits or licenses needed with your chosen product or service. For example, anything food-related may require health inspections before selling any goods. A delivery service may require special liability insurance if you use your vehicle rather than a business car.

2. If you live in a community with an HOA, check the HOA by-laws and rules if your business will be home-based. The HOA rules may prohibit running a business from your home and potentially carry fines for violating HOA rules.

3. Have you figured costs for delivery or shipping? These expenses can turn customers away if the costs are too high. If you offer free delivery, be prepared to have these costs reduce your profits by a substantial amount.

4. Will you need to carry an inventory of products or supplies? Locating convenient and appropriate storage after the fact could be difficult and expensive. This potential issue should be resolved before you begin.

5. Have you determined how you will sustain your current standard of living before your company supports itself? Having enough capital available to carry you through the start-up pangs is vitally important. If you put all your funds into starting your business but cannot pay your household expenses, you will have created a situation that you may not recover from. Many new business owners keep their regular job and work the business part-time to start, eventually building a strong customer base and steady income stream.

Operating your own business is an exciting adventure with unlimited rewards.

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