Motif writer Caitlin Howle recently sat down with Susan Clements, who owns Earth and Ocean in Narragansett Bay. Susan is an herbalist who coaches her clients how to work with herbs, and the world around them, for everything from better health to food and skincare. Caitlin Howle (Motif): What is an herbalist, and what do […]
Spyyyyyyyyccccccceeeeee!!!!!!! It’s Valentine’s day and I’m single!!!!! It’s that stupid age old question: What do I do???? Signed, OMFG VDAY You poor soul! It’s difficult to be exactly what they say you shouldn’t be on a day that’s created exactly for everything you’re not. It’s really messed up! The most messed up part of it […]
If you love someone, it’s romantic to say that you’d stand outside in the cold for them, but when put to the test, he really was willing to freeze. “The thing you have to understand about this woman is that she’s only hot. She only ever gets hot. You touch her skin and you can […]
If you’re in the Fox Point neighborhood these days, you should know there’s somebody on the lookout for a new pod. “Dating was hard enough before you had to find someone worthy of inviting into your bunker.” He wasn’t looking for a boyfriend. Just someone he could let off some steam with while he waited […]
“I think every woman’s dated that guy. He’s– I can’t believe I dated him for as long as I did. That’s the thing. Every woman dates a guy like that, but I date them twice as long as anybody else does. That’s my problem. I don’t know when to call it. This one– He was […]
If you were driving down the street, you would have seen the people trying to help. That special kind of huddle that forms around a tragedy. A body on the ground. You would have seen the people standing around the body wondering if they could help and already knowing there was no help to give. […]
If you walked by the library the night of the wedding, you would have seen a woman in a bridesmaid outfit having a cigarette on the steps overlooking the bus stop. It was her sister’s wedding, and she had stepped outside to smoke, a habit she’d promised to break heading into the new year. This […]
The Peaceful Pack is an animal boarding service located in Johnston that advertises itself as more of a home than a kennel. It is owned and operated by Ashly and Sheila Rose, and they recently invited me into their pack to talk about owning a business, working with your spouse and bringing pups to protests. […]
If you were walking by the Hilton downtown one night a few years ago, you may have looked up at The Vig and saw two friends trying to catch up. One had moved away months before and one was going through a divorce and in need of support. The one going through the divorce felt […]
If you’re the type that goes out on New Year’s Eve, you’ve probably noticed the rotating assortment of events that have occupied the city as it moves into a new chapter. It seems like Providence is just like the rest of us when it comes to the biggest party night of the year– “Nobody knows […]