a collection of curated stories written by and for people living fully and digging deeper; people who are interested in deepening their connections to their families, communities, and themselves as they strive to live locally and closer to the ground.

I'm pleased to introduce you to our (first ever) intern, Dave.  Not to be confused with Dave, Dave is a Wells College senior Business and Entrepreneurship major, minoring in Fine Arts from Erie, PA. As good as that sounds on paper (or online as the case may be) this background is an even better mix when combined with his enthusiastic persona and makes Dave specially qualified to take on all of the...

Two of the five Binns family grandchildren celebrated their very first Christmas.  At 10 months, we're pretty sure that Amelia got more out of the day than Liam did.  Either way, adding two more kids to the mix has really added a huge amount of fun and love to our annual gathering.  

We work each year to simplify the family Christmas, and I think we finally hit a beautiful balance. There were...