A Christmas Story

by John Steven Mickman, CEO/Founder Mickman Brothers, Inc. As my Grandma, Johanna Mickman, told the story to me years ago, this is how our family wreath business was born.  When I was a young girl in Norge (Norway) back in the late 1800’s, my mother used to make a wreath each year from evergreens we […]

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The Caboose

by John Steven Mickman, CEO/Founder Mickman Brothers, Inc. Mickman Brothers’ first location was on the farmstead my wife Su and I purchased in April of 1977. Directly across the street from Majestic Oak’s entrance sat our little plot of 4 acres with a little grey farmhouse and an antique red barn. The frame for this […]

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Ode to Annie

by John Steven Mickman, CEO/Founder Mickman Brothers, Inc. I was talking to a friend of mine about how sad I was that our friend Annie had passed, and he said that yes, life was short – and fleeting. But I remember the day I met Annie, and it was a long, lifetime ago. The lucky […]

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