Archive for December, 2008

The Details God or the Devil?

I have heard it both ways-I know it’s either God or the devil that’s in the details. Certainly it is attention to details that occupy a lot of my time. In my pervious life I was (at one time) a pastor, CEO of a home shopping TV channel, and the owner-operator of a 100 store [...]

The Joy Of Giving

We lived in various rooms at the inn for 5 years after we opened Whitestone. Jeam finally insisted on a personal refridgerator- one that did not have gallon jugs in it. The 85 acres adjacent to Whitestone became available and so we moved to our dream home in 2000. The new drive-way was 4000 feet [...]

A Meaningful Life

George Eliot said”What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other”When we finished with breakfast service this morning, a couple who were overnight guests told me of the stress in their lives and the difficulties they had in getting away to Whitestone. He described the sense of [...]

Guests Survey

Thanks to all of you who responded to our on-line survey.Out of 1798  responses, 1789 previous guests said the would reccommend Whitestone to a friend. The company who conducted the survey was thrilled with that level of approval. Now I am sitting around wondering what we did to frustrate the 9 who would not encourage [...]