Archive - The Soft Spot

Issue 59: Welcome to the Pit(ocin)

Ashley's birth story, beets, totes, and skates

Jan 15 • Genevieve Gearity, Ashley Matthews, and Maddie Meehan

Issue 59: Meet you in Kinderhook

Our new adventure, funky pastas, and childcare advocacy day

Jan 8 • Genevieve Gearity, Ashley Matthews, Maddie Meehan, and Hillary Zio

December 2025

Issue 58: Best of 2025

The most clicked, most loved, and most helpful moments from this year

Dec 18, 2025 • Genevieve Gearity, Ashley Matthews, and Maddie Meehan

Issue 57: Finding art and imagination on Amtrak

Fostering creativity and problem-solving with art therapist Alison Fox

Dec 11, 2025 • Genevieve Gearity, Ashley Matthews, Maddie Meehan, and Alison

Issue 56: Parenting advice we don't hate

Wisdom from a cartoon tiger, a dream of a travel stroller, and all the holiday events

Dec 4, 2025 • Genevieve Gearity, Ashley Matthews, and Maddie Meehan

November 2025

Issue 55: A Hudson Valley holiday gift guide

Keeping it local with Ivy Dane of Rebus

Nov 20, 2025 • Genevieve Gearity, Ashley Matthews, and Maddie Meehan

Issue 54: Happy belly breathing

Thanksgiving prep, cutie-pie barrettes, and modern babyproofing

Nov 13, 2025 • Genevieve Gearity, Ashley Matthews, and Maddie Meehan

Issue 53: What a Hudson chef feeds her family

Hannah Black's food diary, featuring Mel's bread, lentil soup, and steak au poivre

Nov 6, 2025 • Genevieve Gearity, Ashley Matthews, and Maddie Meehan

October 2025