There's a version of entrepreneurship people talk about at parties. Be your own boss. Build something from nothing. Follow your passion. Sounds peaceful, right? Nobody mentions the part where you're staring at the ceiling at 2am redoing math you already checked twice that day. I run a bookstore, a tea parlor, a podcast, a radio station, and a small creative agency, and honestly some nights I couldn't tell you which one is keeping me up. It's rarely just one thing. It's a staf

There's a particular kind of quiet that happens when the teapot arrives at the table. Conversation slows down. For a few minutes, nothing else matters except the steam rising off a fresh pot and the tiered tray of treats waiting to be shared. That feeling is exactly what Pinkies Out was built to give you, and now it's happening every week in two communities. Two Locations, One Experience Pinkies Out started in Shepherdsville and has since grown into something bigger: a year-r

Issue No. 1, July 5, 2026 The Official Publication of From the Ground Up Books Welcome to The Signal Welcome to the very first issue of The Signal! Over the years, From the Ground Up Books has grown into so much more than a bookstore. Between Pinkies Out Tea Parlor, author events, Weirdos in the Wild, Salt River Current, workshops, community events, and everything else happening, it became clear that we needed one place to bring it all together. That's why we created The Sign