I have a complicated relationship/history with Smith College. While I’ve met some incredible alumni and faculty from there over the years, I’ve also encountered (firsthand) and am keenly aware of an underlying and toxic environment among some of the students and staff that seems to actively discourage young and impressionable female students from taking any […]
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I take full responsibility for jinxing all of New England when I recently wrote about how it was starting to feel like Spring here. Clearly my eagerness for a new and warmer season angered some higher power that somehow controls the weather, because it has been snowing on and off for about a week now- […]
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February might be the shortest month out of the year- but it is certainly one of the mightiest and most memorable- especially here in the Northeast where we typically get unpredictable weather, fluctuating high/low temperatures and the occasional glimpses into the Springtime in-between Valentine’s Day and the end of the regular football season. There’s a […]
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What an exciting and busy past few days it’s been, filled with friends, family, food and football! With the regular NFL season done and in the books until the Fall (which is right around the time I’ll be finished paying off the money the Chiefs cost me on Sunday night!) I’ll have to find other […]
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With temperatures anticipated to dip down to about -30 this weekend (please help me,) there’s no better time to enjoy a piping hot bowl of soup and/or a toasted popover with melted butter to warm my hands, bones, etc. And while I’m quite fond of making stews or bisques on my own- sometimes it’s nice […]
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Winter weekends spent with friends, good food and lots of laughter are my favorite way to warm up during the most frigid of seasons here in New England. Thankfully, this past weekend was filled with all of those things (and more!) as this past month was winding down. And seeing as how I started the […]
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My goodness, January- you are a force to be reckoned with! Although the months that make up Fall will always and forever be my favorites out of the year, I have a special spot in my heart for January- and not just because it’s my birthday month! January represents a new beginning and endless possibilities […]
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It’s been more than a minute or two since I’ve been up to Brattleboro, Vermont- nearly a year, I think- and every time I step foot in the quaint, picturesque little town amid the mountains I wonder why on Earth it took me so long to come back. It’s not far from where I live […]
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Coffee & Chiffon 