10 Ways to Lift Your Spirits

10 Ways to Lift Your Spirits

by | Oct 22, 2016 | Featured

By Keri Foy Everybody’s got issues, but it’s how you process them that can make all the difference. While some of us are known Pollyannas, others fall more in line with the Negative Nancy crew. No matter where you identify in the positive-to-negative spectrum, it’s...
3 Things to Do When Life Is Not Going Your Way

3 Things to Do When Life Is Not Going Your Way

by | Sep 24, 2016 | Featured

By Torie Temple When You Feel DiscouragedFeeling discouraged doesn’t have to be a bad thing, says Katie Gangler, licensed clinical social worker of Better Self Counseling. “I think feeling discouraged can be a healthy reality to failing if kept in check,” she says. “I...
In Her Shoes: Through a Filmmaker’s Lens

In Her Shoes: Through a Filmmaker’s Lens

by | Jul 18, 2016 | Featured

Soozie Eastman is making her tracks.By Yelena Sapin Photos by Melissa Donald  Picture this: The camera zooms in on a pair of feet in canvas Vans slip-on shoes, then travels up the figure of a woman peering intently into a camera viewfinder. We see her from the...
In An Artist’s Shoes (who works with vegetables)

In An Artist’s Shoes (who works with vegetables)

by | May 30, 2016 | Featured

By Yelena SapinPhotos by Melissa DonaldEver wonder what it’s like to be an artist, to live and breathe your work so passionately that you joke you must be crazy? Printmaker and mixed media artist Wende Cudmore, 65, has been going full speed ever since she embraced her...