What a neat opportunity to host WPAA - TV and Community Media Center #makingitartisan$stories Foodie Edition. Last night I interviewed two local food artisans, Maryann Houde owner/founder of SouLstice Kombucha and Nick [...]
By Jill Roberts Sometimes in the moment, it’s hard to interpret what I’m feeling. Especially when I’m presented with a new, or different set of circumstances, when unfamiliar can feel awkward and [...]
By Jill Roberts The courting ritual of garden spiders involves the male gently strumming the edge of a female’s web in a particular manner. The vibration produced across the web is to [...]
By Jill Roberts In late 2019, my former husband and I ended a 20-year marriage. Since most of my adult life had been in committed relationships, for the first time in decades, [...]
By Jill Roberts When I used to think of homeless shelters, I imagined a temporary place of lodging for the transient homeless. I falsely assumed a building that was bleak and cold, [...]
By Jill Roberts When I’m hurt or offended by the actions of another, it’s often because they didn’t behave in a manner that I would expect of myself; But, that doesn’t mean [...]
By Jill Roberts Once, during a therapy session, the therapist asked, “Do you think you deserve to be happy?” Partly insulted by the insinuation that I would believe to the contrary, I [...]
By Jill Roberts My grandfather had a saying, “Shit, or get off the pot.” In my youth, I understood it to mean that one should not avoid making a decision. Specifically, a [...]
By Jill Roberts “If you want something different, you are going to have to do something different.” ~Jack Canfield Sounds easy enough; Except, to go from where we are, to where we [...]
Pictured here, is our cat, Zoey, and Claire’s guinea pig, Cow. Claire is my son’s girlfriend, who visits often; Most of the time with Cow in tow. Now, Zoey isn’t very fond [...]
