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Introducing, Bowen Thoreau

Happy one month to our perfect addition, Bowen Thoreau, or "Beau." Born December 9th at 11:09
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Introducing, Bowen Thoreau

Bowen, baby head
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Hello, 2026.

And farewell, 2025. It's early in the morning, typing from my bed with one son on my
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Hello, 2026.

The clock in downtown Medina, NY.
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Where You Can Donate, Contribute, and Help Your Community

We love talking about food and drinks, but I love to talk about our community even more.
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Where You Can Donate, Contribute, and Help Your Community

Medina, NY, Our Life

Breaking New Ground at the Lee-Whedon Memorial Library

Last Friday morning, Roux and I stood with our neighbors and community leaders at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library,
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Medina, NY, Our Life

Breaking New Ground at the Lee-Whedon Memorial Library

7 Reasons Why Blogging is So Difficult

It’s not news that we have *somewhat*  majorly fallen off the blogging train. But in our defense, our life in DC was wildly more compatible with the time necessary to run and maintain a full-time blog. In those days, our little baby, our brainchild was DC Minute. We used it as a

Beating Blue Monday

Call it fate, call it coincidence, or just call it sad. As I sat this morning sipping my coffee and feeling pretty content with the busy weekend and getting an extra day off from school, I scrolled leisurely down my facebook feed and stopped short at Jen Cardone’s Village Spin post (hi

Ink and Influencers: AKA “Me Time”

I have great friends. The best family a girl could ask for. And don’t even get me started on Scott because nothing I’ve ever done in this life is deserving of such an incredible husband.  But lately, at this risk of sounding corny and ridiculous, the relationship I have with myself has

3 Years Ago We Came Back to Medina

The moving truck door closed and we put the final bags in the car. Our plan to move home to Medina was largely unknown. We commonly said we were moving home to do something “different”. Home-ownership was easier, we joked about a business venture, and we thought a slowdown would allow us to

Free at Last! (AKA Summer Break Begins)

Teaching is my life, my heart, the very blood in my veins runs for education. But that doesn’t dismiss the sweet taste of freedom that is now upon me – at 2:40 today, I am a free woman! I’m not exactly free as the Factory is needing my time and attention, but thankfully