In her 15 years of living in southeast Minnesota, Rochester Women Magazine has been Anastasia’s touchstone for the many communities of women in our city and region. She is so grateful to contribute to this amazing resource. As a nonprofit and education volunteer and staffer, mom, and gardener, all of her passions can be found on these pages, and she looks forward to helping develop more content. When not writing articles, she can be found reading, running, gardening and enjoying time with family and friends.
At the end of 2022, a few notable public incidents involving celebrities Kanye West, Nick Fuentes and Dave Chappelle exemplified the latest wave of antisemitism in…
Most of us are familiar with the saying: “But, in this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” It is, of course, part of the…
If you are venturing out into the wild this summer, a bit of preparation can help you have have a most excellent time. Listed below are…
One of the few pandemic trends we don’t want to see go away is Americans’ embrace of outdoor living spaces or “garden rooms” as an essential…
Here in the Driftless/karst landscape of Southeast Minnesota, we have four seasons. Fall can pass rather quickly, and our short summers are a literal beehive of…
Winter is a thing in the Midwest. It’s not just any winter, either, but the full range of winter, from a few flakes in the sky…
Creativity doesn’t only show up on a plate in the food and restaurant industry. For the past 13 years, restaurants in downtown Rochester have had the…
Tina M. Ridler, owner of Purple Sage Wellness in Rochester, remembers how her COVID-19 journey began. It was March 2020, and the virus had not officially…
Commonweal Theatre in Lanesboro has some holiday fun for us…as if reopening after COVID-19 weren’t enough. After surviving almost two years of the pandemic shutdown, their…
Despite the wear and tear of menopause on the body, it has its silver lining—an end to the reproductive years and an opportunity to focus on…
