Author: RiverAdmin
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Where Burden and Beauty Coexist
By Rachel Brosnahan This is a bit of a part two to the story I shared last week about my time in Europe. After the Intensive, I spent the second week of my trip traveling through parts of Serbia, Hungary, and Croatia. Some of it was to reconnect with family roots. Some of it was… Read more
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Rest, Reconnection, and Renewal
By Rachel Brosnahan You’ve likely gotten used to hearing Selina’s voice in these behind-the-scenes stories, but this week I’m stepping in to share a story of my own—a recent trip that left me full, grateful, and ready to keep going. I’ve just returned from a two-week journey, the first half of which I spent at… Read more
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Down for the Count, Digging for Dreams
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation I’ve been down for the count this week – the second casualty in our house to whatever bug’s been making the rounds. I was luckier than Kai, who had the full fever-and-cough package, but still found myself knocked flat for a couple of days. Short of breath. Lightheaded. Even the… Read more
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If You See Me Watching the Road Crew…
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation I was driving through Franklin the other day and passed a stretch of roadwork. There was a big excavator parked off to the side – you know, the kind that makes my fingers itch to hop in and move a little dirt – surrounded by the usual line of orange… Read more
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Set Back, Still Moving Forward
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation With how much I’ve been going on about heavy equipment over the last several weeks, you’d be forgiven for thinking that I’ve shifted priorities. You might be looking for the announcement of my new business venture! And…you wouldn’t be completely off, but I’ll leave that for another article. No, my… Read more
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From Soggy Bottom to Something Better
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation If you know me, you know I have a hard time sitting still. So, of course, as soon as I felt like I had the hang of the skid loader, my fingers started itching for the next piece of equipment I’d like to learn: the digger. Or, in official terms,… Read more
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Small Miracles and Happy Accidents
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation This summer hasn’t just been about things breaking down (belts, bolts, my patience…), but even more it’s been about what got built in between all the repairs. And while I’m immensely proud of my awe-inspiring dragging skills, it’s the little, surprising discoveries that make me smile the most. Take that… Read more
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The Humility of Heavy Equipment
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Here’s a confession: until this summer, I had never driven a skid loader in my life. Not a little one, not a big one – not any one. My husband has been the skid driver up until now. And he’s amazing on one. But, thanks to that persistent early summer… Read more
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What Breaks First?
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation Last week I told you how I finally got the skid loader humming again. But, honestly, the story of just how it broke down is too good to not share. First, there was that mud. Now, I wasn’t the one who was driving it when it got stuck, and I… Read more
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Just Enough Knowledge to Be Dangerous
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation After July’s adventures in mud and malfunctions, you’d be forgiven for thinking the hardest part for me was blindly feeling around through years of built-up grease for that. one. stupid. adjusting bolt (Note to self: tighten the fan bolts at LEAST once a week. That assembly is Not easy to… Read more
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Everything Hurts and Nothing Works (Except Maybe My Skid Loader)
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation I said we’d be back in August. And here we are! Just… maybe not quite the way I imagined. Why does this ever surprise me anymore?? Anyway, back in July, I signed off with good intentions: to rest a little, focus on creative projects, maybe actually get a few videos… Read more
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It’s What Comes Next
By: Selina Pedi-Smith, Pellere Foundation The demolition work inside Seneca Plaza’s smaller building is almost complete – and the transformation is already spectacular! The previously claustrophobic hodge-podge of internal dividing walls is gone, and what’s left is one bright, open, and airy blank slate. For the first time in a long time, you can actually… Read more