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Latest — Nov 29, 2024

Sweetnesses for You

Hello Hello! I've closed up my laptop and headed out on a bit of travel, so sharing two sweet bits to enjoy with your leftovers. And please know how very grateful I am for you, wonderful reader. Wishing you all good + tasty things, Caitie The Brilliance of Pizza

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One Invaluable Action for This Moment

How many journalists does it take to change a lightbulb? the old joke goes. Journalists just report the facts, they don't change them. At first glance, this joke doesn't age well. Much of the media seems to treat facts like Play-Do: highly pliable. Except nowadays, much

A Post-Election Love Letter for You

"I know there are a bunch of you whose work lives have been turned upside down in the last week, and I'm sorry," the Senate staffer wrote to anyone who cared to read. The staffer's world had been upended a decade ago when the

Comforts for this Moment

Wherever this moment finds you, know you are not alone. I'd love to throw a log on the fire, bring you a mug of something warm, sit across the soft couch and hear how it is to be you right now. But since I can't, I

A Roundup of Goodness For You

Hello There! I'm out on the campaign trail, so here's a roundup of a few favorites for you. See you on the other side of the election, Caitie Two Minutes for a Healthier Democracy An Antidote to Burnout A Very Hand Tool for Navigating 2024

How to Make a Real Impact This Election

Whenever I see a spray of political signs, I always look for the names I don't recognize. And the reason is simple: those are likely the races where I can have the most impact. There's a good chance that these are signs for local races – school

Decoding Those Political Ads

One chilly autumn evening, as I watched the Phillies kiss another win farewell, a political ad caught my eye. A young candidate in flannel was talking to a group of weather-worn fisherman on a pier. A real tough-guy voiceover promised that this candidate would hold so and so accountable, would

The Race We Aren't Talking About

I want to talk about 26 people in a rural pocket of Maine. But let's set the scene first. We're about 12 miles northwest of Portland in a town called Windham. It's home to about 19,000 people, give or take a few hundred

The Secret to Bipartisanship

White oaks are in a bad way. They need what we all need: sunlight, nourishment, some room to grow. But those wise old controlled burns – the ones the Narragansett, Wampanoag, Pequot used to do to thin out the beeches, birches, maples so the oaks could have some space already – those

Making Good Change No Matter the Election Outcome

My favorite annual seed catalog just arrived in the mailbox, signaling the start of autumn. It comes on that wonderful old newsprint that leaves ink residue on your fingertips. The page of peach trees has instructions for grilling peaches; the page of shrubs has encouraging reminders not to give up