The Starwest Blog

December has a habit of announcing itself through aroma long before the calendar catches up. Someone opened a jar of chai spice in the blending room this morning and the scent rolled through the air with enough confidence to make...

The warehouse carried a different kind of quiet once the last Cyber Monday order slipped out the door. Not silence. More like the air exhaled after holding its breath for too long. The kind of calm that feels earned. Someone near the back warmed...

The week felt like it had its own pulse. Not fast. Not slow. Just steady, the way it gets right before a holiday when everyone is half working and half thinking about the side dishes they promised to bring. Someone joked that the building smelled lik...

The conversation began when Mattee walked in holding a small jar filled with water the color of burnished copper. She didn’t announce anything. She just placed it on the table with that quiet confidence she brings when she k...

We weren’t planning on creating a Thanksgiving survival strategy. But then Brian asked if it’s “too early to start marinating the turkey,” and that was the end of productivity for the day.  I...