Ahhhhhh, Yoga - the ancient practice of asanas. Or should I say Ommmmm. While yoga has been around a few thousand years, it has steadily be gaining momentum in the West the past twenty-five years. I have been practicing for the past few years and now teach at a hot studio. The benefits to yoga [...]

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I recently found myself in the unenviable position of needing to buy decent clothes to cover my twice blessed postpartum body. After 3 years of seldom girls’ nights out, I decided to change my reclusive habits. Most of these outings consist of dinner and drinks at a moderately priced restaurant and I feel a bit [...]

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Admit it: part of the fun of watching Reality TV is seeing how wild or weird people act. It’s a front row seat to endless lying, manipulation, backstabbing, unbelievable selfishness, and drama. It’s your chance to press your nose against someone’s window and watch their true problems emerge through strange, paranoid, depressing, bizarre, [...]

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In my family, birthdays were always a big deal. About a month ahead of time, my mother would start asking me what I might like, what type of cake I wanted that year (chocolate), who I would like to invite to my party, what special dinner I would subject the rest of the family to [...]

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America’s Finest, America’s Bravest. When we read these words, most of us think immediately of New York’s Fire and Police departments. And while, there is no denying that these departments include some of the finest and bravest men and women in the nation, I have been recently introduced (via CNN) to another group of people [...]

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At the beginning of this year I decided to “go for it” (”it” being my dream job as a photographer). In March, I bought my new camera. In April I took a class. In June I turned 30. Last week I ordered my business cards and created a website. Now, I’m writing a blog post [...]

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Pregnancy is no cakewalk, but from what I’ve heard it’s nothing compared to new parenthood. Your life starts revolving around the sleeping and pooping schedules of a tiny, squalling dictator, to the exclusion of all else, at least for a while. That’s why my husband and I, while excited about the pending birth of our [...]

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Even though my parents were not musical people (unless you count the Doobie Brothers Greatest Hits album that my dad subjected us to on a regular basis and I refuse to qualify that as music), they were always very supportive of my love for all things musical, and they started me off at a very [...]

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Recently, I was watching Big Love on HBO (as many CCers are wont to do), and feeling kind of warm and fuzzy about the Henricksen family: husband, three wives, seven children, and one more on the way (thanks, Margene).    Yes, it takes a lot of planning, faith, and not a little Viagra to make it [...]

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From the Garden
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Welcome to the final installment of Think Globally Eat Locally. We hope that you’ve learned a lot about your local produce options this summer. To help you make the most of your summer fruits and veggies, we thought to leave you with some simple, fresh recipes (in no [...]

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