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...

My friend and brother, Percy Thomas, is tired of just posting on social media We're all angry, frustrated, and want to do more than vent...

Self-awareness is a son-of-a-bitch but a necessary one. I finished the book White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo about a week ago and it...

I live in California, which was the first state to require all residents to shelter-in-place. We’ve been under this condition since...

I read the first book in this series, London Falling by Emma Carr, as my monthly freebie for being an Amazon Prime member and I was...

Tomorrow, May 20, Troy City School Superintendent John Carmello is proposing the removal of the entire Reading Department in the Troy...

While the novel coronavirus keeps most of us holed up at home, sustained by an ever increasing deluge of deliveries of all kinds, some of...

Content Warning: language, child abuse, suicidal thoughts Five years ago, at nearly thirty years old, I ended my relationship with my...