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I'm not good at self-promotion at all. I get uncomfortable even telling people about Girl Gone Smart, so instead I talk about the amazing...

Ever since the pandemic started I haven't gone out to eat. It makes it pretty hard to write about food. But what I have been doing is...

The following is a repost from Nov 2019. Fill out the Census today to make sure that your community gets the resources it deserves. The...

I'm a huge fan of NPR and I listen most often while driving from Albany to my hometown; a four hour drive. I was lucky last week when one...

My timeline is overrun with "pizza gate" conspiracy theories accusing everyone from Tom Hanks to Bill Gates of child molestation and...

I did not grow up in a “dog” household. We had a few cats during my childhood, but we never had dogs. I never understood why people...

The poll numbers are clear - Donald Trump is losing in a few of the normally guaranteed red states as of the writing of this piece. Yes,...

Doctors found a large tumor in my daughter’s neck a few weeks ago. There’s no way to say that but to say it, and to say that as you read...

There are only 97 days left until the 2020 election. Unfortunately, the president has put out a lot of misinformation so I want to ensure...

If you're wondering why the title is Girl Gone Local and I'm not writing about Albany, then you're probably not aware I grew up in a...

It wasn't until a few weeks ago I heard of this unsolved mystery, and on July 8, 2020 the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office marked the...

Yesterday was an odd day because it was the two year anniversary of my Mom's passing. I was reflective, grieving, processing, and felt...

If I had a dollar for every time I've heard or read this in the last few months, I would be a rich woman. But the first time I read this...

Regular readers of this blog will remember a post I wrote back in February imagining what a car-free Lark Street would look like. Then...

A while ago I put out a notice that I'm interested in hearing from local authors. Allow me to say how impressed I am by the talent we...

I won’t lie and tell you the cover and title of this book had absolutely nothing to do with my selection of this book. I just won’t –...

Guest post by Abbe Hanley, Language warning My earliest memory of racism is from elementary school. A boy told me my skin was “dirty like...

It feels like a luxury being able to step away from all that's going not just in our country, but around the world. I recognize that some...

"No matter how open-minded, socially conscious, anti-racist I think I am, I still have old, learned, hidden biases I need to examine. It...

Content warning: language, descriptions of violence I had a blog. I really did. But I’m not sure how to share it today, just like I...