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HOW IS IT OCTOBER ALREADY?!? The leaves in upstate NY are already mostly gone, with the rainbow of Fall coming and going before we can even blink.  Its my favorite time of year - my birthday, sweatshirts, soup...three of my favorite things have made their debut.  Today I made a big batch of chicken soup - far more than we could ever eat in a week.  Leftovers will get canned and saved for a day when we need it - waste not want not...   It's been a rough 18 months on this planet - that's right, I said it -...

WTS is now completely powered by the sun!   We've gone solar, both at home and at work, and we feel so good about it!   In our never-ending quest to save the world (seriously, if we could, we would do anything to fix what's broken), we've completely transitioned to solar power to energize both our home and business! 

  According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms. Since 1995, small businesses have generated 64 percent of new jobs, and paid 44 percent of the total United States private payroll, according to the SBA.   If you are reading this, then you are probably a customer of ours or hopefully you soon will be!  WOOT WOOT!  THANK YOU for shopping small!  One of the guiding principles of our lives, both in business and in our personal lives, is helping others and our community.  As a business, the best way that we can do this is to get...

Vanilla...  Somehow, vanilla has come to mean no-frills... boring... mundane.  "She's so vanilla", or "my life is so vanilla" is not understood to be a good thing.  It's pretty insulting, actually, and I am not happy about the bad rap that vanilla has gotten over the years. My favorite flavor of ice cream is vanilla.  For as long as I can remember, its my go-to - I don't stray.  Sometimes, I'll throw in a some rainbow sprinkes or maybe even some butterscotch, but the base is always vanilla... boring?  My favorite scent is vanilla.  I only burn vanilla candles, and...