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Two Years Later
The days are long, but the years are short. Gretchen Rubin It’s been a while since I’ve written here. Not because I didn’t have anything to say, but because the last couple of years have been full. Full of growth,… Continue reading
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A Stone’s Throw
What do a personal trainer, a concierge, and Buechel Stone have in common? Keep reading to find out. My name is Mike Buechel, and I’m the President and CEO of Buechel Stone. To say I’ve been here my whole life… Continue reading
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Project: Basement
Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful Hazrat Inayat Khan When I saw this quote, I knew it was perfect for this post. I never really understood people that move a bunch of times. I… Continue reading
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Finding Natural Beauty Beneath the Layers | The Many Quarries of Buechel Stone
“Always look beyond what you can see.” Mark A. Cooper Buechel Stone’s history starts with the land of our founders, Francis and Alyce Buechel. The story of their start has been told before, most recently in a 2018 article I… Continue reading
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Planning for Success: Buechel Stone’s 2022 Year in Review
“By reaching for what is impossible, we often actually do the impossible; and even when we don’t quite make it, we inevitably wind up doing much better than we would have done.” Michael Hyatt There is little that should be… Continue reading
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Show me the Money!
Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it. Unknown There are a lot of decisions made in the course of a day at work, and there are none more important and often challenging than… Continue reading
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Luxury Marketing Council Podcast
Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends. Coco Chanel I get asked to do interviews from time to time, and I seldom turn them down. It’s not about being vain, I just feel our business and family story… Continue reading
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Buechel’s “Make it Up as you Go” Salsa
You can’t just eat good food. You’ve got to talk about it too. Kurt Vonnegut Nikki and I just finished with an amazing salsa recipe we’ve been playing around with for about 15 years. Each year we seem to tweak… Continue reading
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Nature’s Friend: The Local Quarry
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” John Lubbock Since I was a kid, I loved growing up literally “in the quarry.” Riding Huffy bikes, jumping off small stone ledges, riding through standing water; it was all… Continue reading
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Installing a Drystack Stone Wall
“We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.” William Aurthor Ward The funny thing about this quote was as a novice stone wall installer, I’m pretty sure all of the above… Continue reading
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The Decade
A century is about events. A decade is about people. George Friedman When you say the words, “ten years,” it doesn’t seem like that big a deal. It’s just a measure of time; one decade. What does that even mean… Continue reading
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Thank God I’m a Country Boy
Well I got me a fine wife I got me an ole fiddleWhen the sun’s comin’ up I got cakes on the griddleLife ain’t nothin’ but a funny funny riddleThank God I’m a country boy Songwriter: John Martin Sommer –… Continue reading
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Forty days and Forty nights of Face(less)book
The more social media has brought us together the more we are actually apart. Mike Buechel That’s right – I’m putting myself down as the one to quote that. This has been talked about for a while now by a… Continue reading
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Love your love the Most
Yes I love good cold beerand mustard on my fries.I love a good loud honky tonkthat rocks on Friday night.And hell yes I love my truckbut I want you to know,Honey I love your love the most Eric Church I’ve… Continue reading
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Family Business – the original life coach…
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. Theodore Roosevelt Life Coach noun – a person who counsels and encourages clients on matters having to do with careers or personal challenges Family business. There is… Continue reading
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Shining Confidence or Stinking Arrogance?
If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win. Carl Lewis Recently, I sat in on one of the sales meetings to discuss some company initiatives planned for 2019. The sales meetings are recorded because typically… Continue reading
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There’s something ’bout a Truck
Ain’t nothin’ ’bout it luck, there’s somethin’ ’bout a truck. – Kip Moore It’s just an old beat up truck some say that I should trade up now that I got some jangle in my pocket. But what they don’t… Continue reading
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It all started with turkeys
I’m surprised how often I get comments about how much people love Buechel Stone’s social media posts. It’s not that I don’t think we have an AMAZING marketing team at Buechel Stone… I’t more the fact… Continue reading
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Friday Night Lights with the boys
Friday Night Lights with the boys. Continue reading
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Co-pilots
Needed a couple co-pilots for a trip to Fond du Lac to help with some serious paperwork. Be watching for more details in the near future! Continue reading
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Landon’s Pumpkin
Landon wanted to share his pumpkin. Here’s the backstory… last year we got pumpkins and Landon thought they were awesome. So he took seeds and dried them out all winter. In spring he started them in a grow light. Once… Continue reading
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Working for a living
Getting dirty and learning to palletized stone this summer! Stone’s not going to get on the pallets on it’s own. Working for the family business early on is a great experience. I can remember so much from the time I… Continue reading
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Betting the Farm and Believing in the Stone Industry – Buechel Stone
Blog post I wrote about the determination and drive Ma & Pa Buechel had to start a new business with everyone telling them there is no way it was going to succeed. Betting the Farm and Believing in the Stone… Continue reading
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