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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

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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
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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
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Finding Fox Cross
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8 Years Later

Only eight years? It feels like a lifetime has unfolded since that August day in 2017. In those years, we’ve lived through new jobs, welcomed a new baby and have one on the way, built and sold a business, navigated a global pandemic, weathered political chaos, and so much more. Looking back
August 19, 2025
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The Great Cucumber Catastrophe: Part 2

This morning, I finally did it. (Missed Part 1? Read that first.) The cucumbers that had been haunting my kitchen like green ghosts of good intentions are now… in jars. Six of them, to be exact. Six neat jars that look deceptively innocent on the counter, as if they didn’t cause me
August 15, 2025
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The Great Cucumber Catastrophe of 2025: Part 1

There are moments in life that test you. For some, it’s climbing a mountain or running a marathon. For me? It’s staring down three dozen cucumbers on my kitchen counter and realizing I have officially run out of excuses. I’ve always been terrified of canning. In my mind, it’s this mystical, slightly
August 15, 2025
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On Coming Back Here, and Moving Forward.

When we started In a DC Minute over a decade ago, it was meant to capture a chapter of life that felt fast, exciting, and fleeting—exploring a brand new romance and our time in Washington, D.C. The name fit then, because everything about that season happened in a minute. Date nights, restaurant
August 13, 2025
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Hello, August

And thank you, July. Some months ask you to slow down. Others sweep you up.July was both — full of motion and memory, sunshine and celebration, and the kind of fullness that makes you forget to sit down and write…until now. We started the month on the road, heading south to Charleston,
August 2, 2025
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