Jenny O'Keefe

This Halloween, like a lot of things this year, is looking a little different. Even though traditional trick or treating might be out, we are still planning on dressing up in costumes (or two or three, if you’re Welles and can’t make up here mind) and...

Here in upstate New York, the apple orchards open even before the first day of fall and usually the first weekend after school starts we head to pick apples. There are so many orchards to choose from up here, but our favorites tend to be the smaller...

Now that fall is officially here I am ready for ALL of the decor, jewel tones, making hearty fall meals, and cozy fabrics. Being in Upstate NY the transition is fairly abrupt and you are sometimes pulling winter coats out from storage that you thought...

This school year, I have one high schooler doing hybrid (two days in school, three days virtual), a middle schooler doing hybrid (also two days in school and three virtual) a preschooler that is doing five days a week in school, a first grader that is...