Tag: sustainability

• Owning Your Own Business: Writing and Social Media

  

  Torg Stories Podcast / Recorded on Saturday, June 11, 2016. Today’s episode is with entrepreneur and business owner Georg Efird. George is my plumber, and I’ve been impressed with his savvy use of social media in order to grow his business, Blue Planet Plumbing in Asheville, North Carolina. My primary interest in Georg’s work is related to…

  William Torgerson

  June 14, 2016

  podcast, Torg Life, Torg Stories podcast

  Apple II, Blue Planet, compost, entrepreneurism, Facebook, small business, social media, sustainability

• Podcast on The Craft of Writing Memoir: Derek Owens’ Memory’s Wake

  The craft of writing memoir and the subject of recovered memories and post traumatic stress syndrome were among the topics as I visited with St. John’s University English Professor and Vice Provost Dr. Derek Owens. His latest book is entitled Memory’s Wake and tells the story of an abusive relationship between his grandmother and mother.…

  William Torgerson

  August 1, 2012

  Torg Life

  Apple, autobiography, blue snowball mic, Coffee House Press, composition, diary, English, Garage Band, grammar, history, iTunes, journal, MacBook, memoir, memory, New York, nonfiction, Paul Metcalfe, place, podcast, post tramatic stress syndrome, psychoanalysis, ptsd, publication, research, Spuyten Duyvil Press, St. John’s University, structure, sustainability, writing