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Bookish Clothes (and Gear) for That Work From Home Life

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Bookish Clothes (and Gear) for That Work From Home Life

Staying home as much is helping keep us safe, and also helping my wardrobe transition to something must more casual than my usual workwear. If you need a work from home wardrobe refresh, why not try on one of these comfortable and bookish duds to spruce up your routine and remind you (and everyone you video chat with) of your favorite hobby! Drink Coffee, Read Books, Be Happy Coffee+Books=Happy is an equation I can get behind. Pay tribute to your reading and drinking habits with this straightforward and comfy sweatshirt. Platform 9 3/4 Sweatshirt I love the minimalist look of...

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Some have leadership pushed onto them

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Some have leadership pushed onto them

Others take it when opportunity presents itself. And yet, even more obscure, are ones that find it through the complicated formulas of sixth-grade math. “Dad, I need help with math,” my twelve-year-old boy said. “I’m on it,” I said. “Come here and let me impart my wisdom to you, my boy. What kind of math are we doing?” “Finding the area of a triangle. But not a regular triangle.” “Hm, yes, irregular triangles are a concern,” I said. “Are we talking hippy triangles? Maybe ones that believe the earth is flat, unlike a triangle. You can’t talk any sense into...

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Death, illness reports cause industry to get busy with COVID-19 mitigation measures

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Death, illness reports cause industry to get busy with COVID-19 mitigation measures

Saul Sanchez, a 78-year old “green hat” supervisor at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, CO, died from COVID-19 on April 7. He worked at the Greeley beef plant for more than 30 years. After Sanchez was diagnosed and hospitalized in March, his family was frustrated by JBS officials being unresponsive to their attempts to report that their loved one might have unknowingly exposed others in the beef plant to the virus — and that maybe JBS might want to do something about it. In his death, the Sanchez family was credited by the Greeley Tribune with breaking open “the...

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2020-04-17

Coronavirus Covid Shopping SmallBusinesses Style

2020-04-17

In need of a little retail therapy pick-me-up? Me too! Today, I wanted to round up a handful of my go-to small businesses/emerging brands to shop, in hopes you might discover a new favorite or two! Given that the past few weeks have been hard on everyone, especially independent, small brands, now is the time to shop small and local, if you’re able to! And, in the interest of sharing, I’d love it if you left some of your favorite small businesses below in the comments as I’m always on the hunt for new brands. Fashion Lia Cohen: Think impeccably...

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