A Mini Vegas Vacay!

I’m presently taking a break from finishing up packing my suitcase and running some last minute errands before I board a crack-of-dawn flight to Las Vegas, Nevada tomorrow morning for an extended weekend away out West. I’ll be doing the usual things and visiting the mandatory stops while I’m in town- Peppermill, Red Rock Canyon […]

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A Month to Remember: March 2022

Although the first day of Spring has officially come and gone in recent weeks- the season itself feels delayed in it’s arrival here in New England. We’ve been powering through many cold and dreary days that are occasionally and sporadically broken up by sunshine and higher temperatures which has been a little exhausting- but the […]

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Spring Cleaning!

With warmer weather finally starting to show itself more consistently here in New England- I’ve been taking the opportunity to start a long overdue “Spring Cleaning” session in all aspects of my life. While I tidy up routinely throughout the year, of course- this current overhaul of organization and disinfecting is the first one I’ve […]

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Baking to the B Movies…

When my friend Stef and I met nearly twenty years ago (!!!) while working at the same small grocery store in our former little country town, we quickly bonded over many similar interests: music, art and especially low budget, bad horror movies and preparing/trying different types of food. Over the years, our common interests have […]

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Standing With Ukraine

In retrospect, I should have shared this post well before today- but in a world filled with misinformation and varying degrees of scammers prowling social media and the web- I wanted to make sure that any links or resources I shared were legitimate and transparent with where any funds/donations were going. I’ve always said that […]

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Podcasting, Snow Squalls and Roadside Bakeries…

Oh Monday, you always feel like you’ve arrived too soon- and even though today is technically a holiday here in the States- I’m still working as normal after a whirlwind of a weekend that saw me traveling between the Pioneer Valley and Vermont on both Saturday and Sunday- all with unpredictable weather happening throughout! On […]

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A Month to Remember: January 2022

I’m not quite sure what it is about the month of January that makes it feel like the longest month of the year. Maybe it’s because of ongoing daylight savings time, or because many of us (myself included) are still actively celebrating the holidays in the days/weeks following the ringing in of the New Year- […]

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A Few of My Favorite Things: January 2022

The first “Favorite Things” post of a New Year always feels like the most exciting- because it’s an array of items, products and oddities I’ve essentially been accumulating over the course of the holidays and finally get to talk about at length and in detail- and this first assortment of 2022 is no different! Featuring […]

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