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#loveinthevalley 💖 In February, we’re celebr

#loveinthevalley
💖 In February, we’re celebrating "Love in the Valley" with 💌 #LoveLetters from our vibrant #HudsonValley community! From heartfelt poems to touching tributes, this series honors the people, places, and spirit that make our region so special. 💘

Next up, Engather's visionary leader, Amanda Cassiday @engather.co, is a passionate advocate + storyteller dedicated to fostering community-driven growth + creative collaboration. She writes her love letter to the #HudsonValley community🫶 Let's take a peek 🫣 below...

🤲 A Love Letter to Community 🤲

"I’m in love with a dream.

A dream so loud, it speaks when I speak. A dream so alive, it breathes when I breathe. This dream exists as much outside of me as it does inside of me; its heartbeat keeps me alive.

It’s a dream of how we once were. Sprawling, natural landscapes. Fertile soils. Clean rivers and streams. A godly ecosystem unencumbered by man, a flowing equalizer of living beings whose force was as ubiquitous, unbiased, and unapologetic as it was awe-inspiring and sacred. A time when humankind was in deep reciprocity to land, wildlife, spirit, and each other. A dream where the game of life is not won or lost but generously honored. Where we are stripped of our bank accounts, debts, digital worlds, property, and institutionalized systems, and equipped with stories, wisdom, customs, and community values. Where the fount by which we live is not measured by power or resource hoarding but by the well-being of our relationships.

This is a dream of community. Where I am but a cell among cells on a much larger organism, and our working together in concert keeps us alive and thriving...." by Amanda Cassiday

👉 Read to the end... linked in the bio @insideoutupstateny

Stay tuned for more love-filled letters❣️

#LoveYourFarmer INSIDE+OUT Upstate NY has partne

#LoveYourFarmer

INSIDE+OUT Upstate NY has partnered with Dana DiPrima of For Farmers Movement to shower Hudson Valley Farmers with LOVE! 💖 Follow @xoxofarmgirl

Our farmers deserve to know how important they are and how much we appreciate them ❤️ They nurture community, feed us, are stewards of the land, and provide seasonal goods, herbs, flowers, and so many things we use and love in our daily lives. #farmercrush💖

You can show YOUR APPRECIATION now through 2.14.25
Just share the Name, Email. and Address of your Fav Farmer (see link in bio)

🚜 Your favorite farmer will receive a handwritten "Love Letter" Postcard, a "Letter of Love" Email and a Care package with amazing (hard-working) hand and foot cream from O'Keeffe's Hardworking Skincare!

LET'S DO THIS! It's super easy!
🔗Tap the link in our BIO to fill out the super short Form
👩‍🌾 Input the Farmer's Name, Email. and Address
👍 Mission Accomplished now Hug Yourself - It's that simple!

You can add more than one farmer, grower, producer
And Hudson Valley farmers will have the 💰 the chance to win project stipends from $250 to $1000 (multiple winners)

INSIDe+OUT has partnered with Dana DiPrima of Farmers Movement, and our sponsor @keepgoodcompanyrecords to Celebrate and Send Love to #hudsonvalley Farmers
Because
🚜 Food = farming
👩🏼‍🌾 Farming = your health, community, economy & planet

+ + +

Tap the link in bio to add Your Fav Farmer or copy and paste this url if you prefer
https://form.jotform.com/ForFarmers/farmer-thank-you

Thank you to our Hudson Valley Farm Sponsor Keep Good Company Records
💖 @keepgoodcompanyrecords #sponsorcrush 💖

#loveinthevalley 💘This month, we’re celebrati

#loveinthevalley
💘This month, we’re celebrating "Love in the Valley..." with 💌 #LoveLetters authored by our very own #HudsonValley Community members from all walks of life. It's a series of heartfelt poems + letters featuring odes to the people, places + the spirit of our region. 🫶

First up, the Creative Director of Hudson Valley InterArts, Eric Archer Dahlberg @ericarcherarts shares a poetic tribute to our beloved rivers alongside local change makers honoring what they hold dear✨ 🫣 Let's take a peek below...

🌊A Love Letter to Our Hudson Valley Rivers🌊

"You place gentle words in my mouth.
A quenching song I don’t know, but that knows me.
Here my longing will be found flushing a mating pair of egrets from cloistered reeds, the seed of our need.
Water astonished and quaking and each feathered one turning upward, over fear, only wanting to know each other more deeply.
Saying yes, at the same time.
Several degrees of incarnation.
To be with you this way is to out-wait a wild thing, the day the Sycamore seeds, and now I am this breaking bud to leaf.
But your body remains, the song no poet yet has chanted..." - Eric Archer Dahlberg

👉 Finish the poem linked in the bio @insideoutupstateny

Stay tuned for more love-filled stories❣️

#ShopLocal
😍 Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift? Nothing says L💘VE quite like a beautiful box of chocolates. The Hudson Valley is home to an array of local shops crafting exquisite, handmade chocolates that are as decadent + rich as they are unforgettable. These bite-sized “pieces of heaven” are sure to sweeten the day for your special someone❤️ #sweettoothfix

Here's our #hotlist of the very best chocolatiers in your neighborhood so you can treat your loved one to the very best. From silky truffles to artisanal bonbons, there's something for every chocolate lover💗🍫Take your pick from these amazing local spots below...

Pictured in order:
❣️EJ Bonbons + Confections | Woodstock NY | @ejchocolates
❣️Lagusta’s Luscious Cafe & Chocolates | New Paltz NY | @lagustasluscious
❣️Catskill Chocolate Company | Catskill NY | @catskill_chocolate_co
❣️Cacao Laboratory | Kingston NY | @cacaolaboratory
❣️HAKAN Chocolatier | Beacon NY | @hakanchocolatier
❣️Hudson Valley Chocolates | Wallkill NY | @hudsonvalleychocolates
❣️Fruition Chocolate Works | Shokan NY | @fruitionchocolate
❣️Samuels Sweet Shop | Rhinebeck NY | @samuelssweetshop
❣️Alps Hudson Valley | Beacon NY | @alpshudsonvalley
❣️The Chocolate Studio | Beacon NY | @thechocolatestudiobeacon
...and MORE! 🥰 #ChocolateLovers

👉 See FULL LIST linked in bio @insideoutupstateny.

💖 Make this Valentine’s Day truly delicious! 💕 Recommend your fav chocolatier in the comments below👇

💖 Let's shower our #hudsonvalleyfarmers with L

💖 Let's shower our #hudsonvalleyfarmers with LOVE! #farmerlove

Our farmers deserve to know how important they are and how much we appreciate them for the good work they do. ❤️ They nurture community, they feed us, they are stewards of the land, and they provide seasonal goods, herbs, flowers, and so many things we use and love in our daily lives. #farmercrush💖

HOW TO SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION!
Just share the Name, Email. and Address of your Fav Farmer

🚜 Your farmer will receive a handwritten "Love Letter" Postcard, a "Letter of Love" Email and a Care package with amazing (hard-working) hand and foot cream from O'Keeffe's Hardworking Skincare!

LET'S DO THIS! It's super easy!
🔗Tap the link in our BIO to fill out the Form
👩‍🌾 Input the Name, Email. and Address of your Fav Farmers
👍 Hug Yourself - It's that simple!

You can add more than one farmer, grower, producer
And Hudson Valley farmers will have the 💰 the chance to win project stipends from $250 to $1000 (multiple winners)

INSIDe+OUT has partnered with Dana DiPrima of Farmers Movement, and our sponsor @keepgoodcompanyrecords to Celebrate and Send Love to #hudsonvalley Farmers
Because
🚜 Food = farming
👩🏼‍🌾 Farming = your health, community, economy & planet

+ + +
Love For Farmers is an annual campaign of the For Farmers Movement that takes place every February. Love For Farmers includes gestures of gratitude as well as a People's Choice Awards opportunity ($250 to $1000 prizes). See link in bio for details

Dana DiPrima | Farmers Movement
👉  Follow @xoxofarmgirl
Keep Good Company Records
👉  Follow @keepgoodcompanyrecords
INSIDE+OUT Upstate NY
👉 @insideoutupstateny

🚜 The Love For Farmers campaign is fortunate to have generous support and engagement from the following partners:
❤️ O'Keeffe's Hardworking Skincare: Contributing care packages and stipends for winners of the People's Choice Awards.
❤️ Inside+Out Upstate: Contributing media support and promotion with a focus on New York's Hudson Valley farmers.
❤️ Keep Good Company Records in the form of People's Choice Awards prizes for farms in New York's Hudson Valley.

#loveforfarmers There are places in the Hudson V

#loveforfarmers
There are places in the Hudson Valley you just need to know about and Hawthorne Valley Farm is one of them.

Nestled in the heart of the 📍Hudson Valley, Hawthorne Valley is a vibrant community hub where biodynamic farming, holistic education, and ecological sustainability coexists in a vibrant community hub. ✨ Founded by passionate educators, farmers, and artisans, it stands as a nurturing sanctuary.

👩‍🌾 Today, with 350 CSA members and collaborations with over 200 local businesses, as well as their own thriving shop, farm, school, camp, education programs, and more, Hawthorne Valley serves as a beacon of hope for small-scale farming and a hub for food access.

🚜 It demonstrates that through the sowing of dreams and collective effort, a more just and sustainable food system is possible.

“There are few places like this, where such cooperative values and commitment to high-quality organic food production are so intrinsically linked. This sort of symbiotic relationship between humanism and the environment is the antidote for corporate America. We need more places like Hawthorne Valley.”
GREG S. – 5 STAR GOOGLE REVIEW

Want to know more about Hawthorne Valley?
Tap the Link in our bio to Read our exclusive interview by @jennywonderling

#HomeSanctuaryLiving 🏡Create a Cozy Home Sanctu

#HomeSanctuaryLiving
🏡Create a Cozy Home Sanctuary on a Budget🕯️🌿🪑

"sanctu·ar·y" (noun)

🏵️ A place of refuge or safety.
🏵️ A sacred space, a wellspring for the soul.

Who says you need a fortune to design a space that soothes your soul? Your dream sanctuary is already within reach—hidden in the things you own and the kindness of your community📚🫶

INSIDE+OUT has got your back—bringing inspiration, no matter your budget! Quick punch list below...

🗑️ Declutter + donate
🛋️ Rearrange furniture for a fresh feel
🪞 Find free treasures via local gifting groups
🪴 Add plants for life & energy
🧘‍♀️ Create a sacred space just for YOU

Your peace is waiting. 👉 Ready to transform your space? Check out the details linked in bio @insideoutupstateny 🙌 Let’s go!

🖋️ by Jenny Wonderling @jennywonderling

#HudsonValleyVoices
🐴 Meet Tiokasin Ghosthorse—an activist, musician + storyteller whose words challenge modernity’s disconnection from Earth and its people. Raised in the Lakota tradition, this local voice of wisdom teaches us that language shapes reality and through Lakota, we find a world built on connection, not possession.

“Poison is having more than what you need,” he says, reminding us that healing starts with how we treat life and the planet. 🌍

💭 Paul Willis shares his conversations with Tiokasin Ghosthorse. 🫣

"Earlier this year, I got to know him better. It had been his habit to meet once a week for a community breakfast held at a cafe in Kingston. The breakfasts were informal, with the conversation meandering from one topic to another. But whenever Tiokasin said anything, invariably those around the table let whatever thread of conversation they were in fall away, and turned their attention towards him."

💭 What did he talk about?

"He spoke to us about the Lakota language..." which he learned by it being "...whispered in secret because, at the time of his childhood, his people were outlawed from speaking it, even at home."

💭 Who forbade learning the Lakota language?

"The US federal government’s efforts to destroy Native languages began in the late 19th century. They were part of a widespread policy of cultural erasure, which also saw Native children sent by force to boarding schools where they were brutalized, abused and taught to disavow their heritage."

💭 What was Tiokasin Ghosthorse's perspective and wisdom?

"He wanted us to understand that languages were not simply methods of communication. The language you spoke governed how you saw the world. And Lakota, as he was fond of reminding us, was so different from Western languages that to understand it intimately was to enter into a completely different relationship with reality."

💭 Let’s listen, learn + honor the wisdom of those who remind us of our shared humanity and Earth’s story 👉 linked in the bio @insideoutupstateny.

+ + +
Connect/Follow Tiokasin Ghosthorse | https://akantuintelligence.org/

📷 by @jadinalilien
✍️ An INSIDE+OUT Featured Story by Paul Willis @pwillyart

#weekendplans 💘 Love is in the air! Grab your b

#weekendplans
💘 Love is in the air! Grab your besties, lovers or fam and check out these amazing events for a weekend filled with fun, music, love + celebration! There's truly something for everyone! ✨ Take your pick below...

👉 Click link in the bio @insideoutupstateny to see the FULL LIST.

🏳️‍🌈 Highmount, Fri Feb 7th - Sun Feb 9th, NYS Pride Ski Weekend 2025!
Join the @CapitalPrideCenter, @BigGayHudsonValley + Hudson Valley @lgbtqcenter for a weekend of winter fun, community + celebration. Info @belleayre

🕯️Poughkeepsie, Fri Feb 7th, 6:30pm - 8pm. Candlelight Concerts: Rings + Dragons at Living Water Church.
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before. The theme for this concert is "The Lord of the Rings." Info @fever_us

🎸 Bearsville, Fri Feb 7th, 7pm. Mdou Moctar at Bearsville Theater.
A special acoustic performance with Janel Leppin for their new album "Tears of Injustice" tour. Info @bearsvilletheater

💘 Kingston, Fri Feb 7th, 7pm. Al Olender's "Alentine's Day" at Old Dutch Church.
The 3rd annual Alentine’s Day Show is back. Grab your cowboy or cowgirl for a #hotpicks night perfect for the universal LOV'IN season! Info @alolender

🎸Arkville , Fri Feb 7th, 7pm. The Desert Nudes at The Ark Bowl & BBQ.
A New Orleans trio delivers a laid-back mix of cowboy songs, roots rock + rich vocal harmonies. Info @the_ark_bowl

🍷 New Paltz, Sat Feb 8th, 11am - 5pm. Wine with Your Valentine at Robibero Winery.
A five-course wine + chocolate tasting featuring some of the best wine + chocolate made in the Hudson Valley! Info @robiberowinery

🏺 Kingston, Sat Feb 8th, 2pm. Black History Kingston at African Cultural Arts Center.
Discover a month-long exhibit showcasing the rich history + heritage of the Pine Street African Burial Ground through photos, documents, + artifacts. Info: https://blackhistorymonthkingston.org/

🏈 Accord, Sun Feb 9th, 6pm. Super Bowl Party at Skate Time.
Bring the whole family for a Super Bowl viewing party + open skate with big-screen action, full-game audio, food + drink (FREE entry after 6pm)! Info @skatetimeny

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