Recently I profiled Vanessa McDonald, who is a self-professed non-foodie, but professed lover of coffee. Inspired by this and feeling deserving of a sweet, cold treat after a week of brutal himidity,, I decided to get into the kitchen and…
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Let me tell you about a great book I recently read. When speaking with Vanessa McDonald this week, who is not just the force behind Courage Creator, but also heads up marketing for events and retail at Union Station, the…
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“Vanessa and I were introduced by an old friend of mine from high school who (rightly) thought she would be perfect to join The Modern Bee. In addition to a career in marketing, Vanessa is also the founder of Courage…
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all…
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Who doesn’t love a good story? Whether it’s: a ghost story spooking everybody out around a campfire; a mom telling about something sweet or salty her child did; a girlfriend’s dramatic recreation of a bad date, or a plaque noticed…
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“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place we can go as we are and not be questioned,” Maya Angelou I’m a homebody. Not just somebody who likes to nest and entertain at home (and be…
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I admit it, I generally can’t make a big decision without input. Religious or not, we’ve probably all heard that question of, “what would Jesus do?” when faced with a moral decision to make. In my case, Jesus is interchangeable…
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The Quilting Bee. Once upon a time, women would meet for the purpose of quilting. A quilting bee provided an outlet of release for both the stresses of everyday life and for creative expression. It also provided: companionship, community, support, and…
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