Interviews, events, and features from three Hudson Valley parents of small kids
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Issue 80: Parenting is improv, part II
Paul Gutkowski is a renaissance man: social worker turned comedic improviser, teacher to incarcerated folks, radio DJ on WXTI FM, and friend of The Soft Spot along with his exceedingly cool wife. He has benevolently agreed to author a part...
Issue 79: The secrets babies hold
This week we welcome Leigh Scott, arguably Hudson Valley foremost magic baby whisperer (our words, not hers). Leigh is a somatic educator, Feldenkrais practitioner, and Child’Space Method® specialist with over three decades of experience in...
Issue 78: What to eat camping with kids
Kate Ray is back with her brilliant ideas on how to feed kids. She shared how she keeps her 4yo and 1.5yo involved in family meals last summer, and today she’s here with the camping version — no running water, no electricity, but plenty of...
Issue 77: Keeping your brain poetic
We’re a little giddy here because this week, we’re welcoming two moms whose creative brains we covet: Caitlin MacBride and Rebecca Novack. When we first asked them to guest edit the newsletter, they proposed interviewing each other, and the...
Issue 76: Music brings community
Rachel Rhodes-Devey has helped many of us in The Soft Spot community introduce our newest babies to the joy of music through her classes at Catskill Mountain Music Together. Years after our first session with her, we’re still humming “John...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
We're the chatty moms at daycare dropoff, helping you land into parenthood.
Kate is a Hudson Valley-based chef and writer based who gets excited about local grains and weird desserts. She shares her creations through the micro-bakery RAY BAKE, as well as essays and recipes through her newsletter kateray.substack.com.
One third of The Soft Spot moms.
We are animals. I wrote MURDER BIMBO.
Hudson Valley parent and nursing student. CLC. Co-author of The Soft Spot, founder of Slow Moms Run Club
Hudson Valley mom and new restaurant owner
I’m a Registered nurse and a IBCLC in the Catskills. I look forward to posting about what I struggle with in my professional career as well as what I am inspired by! because seeing those first drops of colostrum can feel just like that.
Chessa Kenney is an educator and community advocate with a Master’s Degree in Education from Bank Street College of Education, whose career spans NYC public and private schools and the education technology sector.
Kasia is a tenants’ rights attorney working in Ulster County. She’s deeply passionate about her work, social justice causes, and anything currently airing on Bravo.
Music-maker, snack-seeker, mom of Oliver
Caitlin MacBride is an artist living in Hudson, NY
Teacher, Actor, Social Worker, Bartender, Lover, Friend Host of The House Chianti Radio Hours every Monday night on WXTI Radio Tivoli
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