LIFE

Michelle Mullin and Lori Segar, the two founding owners of the Lucky Gut Collective in Simsbury, have been business partners in The Children’s Clubhouse daycare centers for almost 30 years. The long-time friends also share an interest in helping families to enjoy the benefits of healthy living. They have opened a multi-use, food-centered concept in the Fiddler’s Green building, where they offer a local artisan market, workshops and classes on healthy eating, and events for th

America’s birthday at 250 years is also referred to as its semiquincentennial and it has been celebrated across the country, all throughout the year. Valley towns have been busy with multiple activities, from readings of the Declaration, to historical lectures, to plays and reenactments, to grand festivals with fireworks or parades. They have commemorated this historic event in ways as unique as their towns.

It’s that 152-acre landscape that draws me in, especially that pastoral view of the old farm from Route 4 – always a welcome break while usually stuck in that Route 4 traffic. But on this day, I sailed through and decided it was time to check out that pastoral view up close.

With a love of singing and comforting others through song, the all-volunteer members of Threshold Choir attend the bedsides of people on the threshold of the end of life – those who are in hospitals or hospice.

When building a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle, some pieces fit together easily and naturally, but others we may try from many different angles before we make an accurate connection. This process is often frustrating and time-consuming, but once we have endured all the attempts, the complete picture makes the toil worthwhile.