Mel (staff photographer, production ad manager, and general all-round design- and web-production maven Melyssa Holik) and I have had quite a week. Made and shot soups for the Peggy’s Kitchen section of the magazine earlier in the week, have been cranking out layouts, dealing with advertisers, prepping e-blasts, handling mini-crises. . . We’ve gotten so much done, much of it with style and grace—and surprisingly little stress.

Today we shot our staff photo (an annual ritual for the back page of the Jan-Feb issue). And, granted, it’s Friday and I’m bizhausted (as Reeve used to say), worn-out and migrainey, but . . .  I’m oddly moved by this detail from one of the staff pics: Mel and me. Makes me feel big sisterly and proud and grateful for our team.

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Photo by Melyssa Holik (but not with that camera!

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