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Clueless Parent: Another one on the way

Clueless Parent: Another one on the way

by Dave Eisenstadter | Feb 25, 2020 | Articles, Clueless Parent, Columns, Featured

For the past three-plus years, I’ve been the parent of an amazing child. In a couple months time, I will be a parent of two. A friend who has two children recently told me that it would be impossible to describe to me the amount of work that will go into parenting...
The V-Spot: How to break the habit of not having sex

The V-Spot: How to break the habit of not having sex

by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Feb 24, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, The V-Spot

Hi Yana, My partner and I get into the habit of not having sex. We have a bunch of kids, full-time jobs, and all of that. It causes emotional tension to build and then we use that as an excuse to not sexually connect. We fall into a very platonic state. However, I’m...
Monte Belmonte Wines: (Gently) trashing California wine

Monte Belmonte Wines: (Gently) trashing California wine

by Monte Belmonte | Feb 21, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines

In my last column, I mentioned how my main motivations for writing this column are to justify my habit and to get free wine, and how I’ve succeeded on both counts. I also wrote about some rather good wines that just miraculously showed up on my doorstep, as if...
Staff Picks: Wet’suwet’en Nation fundraiser, Wishbone Zoë, Shelter Me: In Times of Need, and a Sherlock Holmes mystery

Staff Picks: Wet’suwet’en Nation fundraiser, Wishbone Zoë, Shelter Me: In Times of Need, and a Sherlock Holmes mystery

by Advocate Staff | Feb 20, 2020 | Articles, Featured, Staff Picks

Fundraiser for The Wet’suwet’en Nation at Majestic Saloon // FRIDAY The Majestic Saloon and Lupinewood, a trans sanctuary in Greenfield, are holding a fundraiser for the Wet’suwet’en Nation, an indigenous group in the British Columbia region. The Wet’suwet’en Nation...
Free recycling in Western Mass is about to end: What people are doing about it at the local and state level

Free recycling in Western Mass is about to end: What people are doing about it at the local and state level

by Chris Goudreau | Feb 19, 2020 | Articles, Featured, News

For three years, since China instituted stricter purity standards in the recyclable materials they accept, a single piece of paper has shielded most Western Mass communities from the higher price of recycling experienced in much of the country: a multi-year contract...
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