This Month’s Featured Articles…

It’s a celebratory year for Gatherwild Ranch – a glamping destination that initially opened in New York’s Germantown area in 2017. After operating for six years, the luxe habitat faced challenges regarding zoning legislation, which prompted the business to cease operation. Luckily, the close-knit community surrounding Gatherwild Ranch pitched in to save it. Beyond showing their support via a letter-writing campaign that resulted in 50 letters, neighbors and friends rallied by showing up to voice their opinions at local zoning board meetings. After one year [...]

We are all too familiar with that uncomfortable feeling of rushing in to respond with a “yes” when we want to say “no” to a request. Most of us can easily recall the guilt we experience after declining an invitation to a birthday party, wedding, holiday gathering, or meet-up with friend or relative.  Many people find themselves jumping in to provide a response before mentally processing the request to determine if it’ll align with their feelings, wishes, and true intentions.  Although our parents mean well, [...]

This article is a little bit … different(?) from what you might be used to, but we love history around here, so I thought this would definitely be interesting or at least a bit of a head-scratcher making you go, “Hmm?” Jesse proposed this article based on his curiosity and compilations of his experiences examining President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, TX. The topic fascinates people from all around the world, even to this day. For Jesse, it has resulted in numerous trips to [...]

This summer Hudson and lots of other towns in the Hudson Valley will be brimming with locals and visitors who are eager to explore, engage with others, and indulge in new experiences. Whether you’re a local resident entertaining weekend guests or a visitor from afar, be sure to visit Hudson, NY’s Poured Candle Bar for an in-shop experience and a token of your Hudson Valley lifestyle or weekend escape.  Those who yearn to unwind with a drink and partake in an olfactory adventure can pour [...]

A first, stumbling step beside the coffee table. A wobbly turn of the pedals. An unexpected lurch when you step on the gas: the great milestones in life –  and in human history – involve transportation, but none more so than the initial steps taken by our African ancestors six million years ago that led to bipedalism.  Perhaps it was in pursuit of prey, or to escape a predator, but somewhere around modern-day Kenya or Chad, early humans discovered that two legs worked better than [...]