“I represent a rural state and live in a small town. Small merchants make up the majority of Vermont's small businesses and thread our state together. It is the mom-and-pop grocers, farm-supply stores, coffee shops, bookstores and barber shops where Vermonters connect, conduct business and check in on one another.” StatesTogetherMomTownsMajorityPopsStoresCoffeeChecksShopsFarmsThreadSmall TownSmall BusinessBookstoresMerchantsCoffee ShopVermontBarbersGrocersBarber Shop Author:Peter Welch
“When I was young, I had two older sisters, and since I was the youngest in my family, my mom took me around with her all the time. I was forever with her when she was having coffee in the middle of the afternoon with her three sisters. And they would talk about men. I absorbed a lot of that.” MenTwoYoungThreeForeverMiddleMomMy FamilyMy MomCoffeeAfternoonOlder SisterThree Sisters Author:Richard LaGravenese
“As long as the "woman's work" that some men do is socially devalued, as long as it is defined as woman's work, as long as it's tacked onto a "regular" work day, men who share it are likely to develop the same jagged mouth and frazzled hair as the coffee-mug mom. The image of the new man is like the image of the supermom: it obscures the strain.” MenLongWomenShareHairMomMouthsCoffeeDefinedStrainMugWork DayCoffee Mug Author:Arlie Russell Hochschild
“Diane Coffee is just the part of me that has always been a performer. It's something that's always been there and Diane Coffee is just the name I've given her for this project. But I was always the one who would raid mom's closet and get all dressed up and put on crazy weird shows in the living room or film little movies.” LittlesShowsFilmNamesGivenRoomsCrazyMomProjectsCoffeePerformersClosetsLiving RoomDressed Up Author:Shaun Fleming
“When I went home, my family became a little lonely family because it was just me and my mom. Part of my longing to go back to work was wanting to be surrounded by these people who were teaching me things and drinking bad coffee at three in the morning while we were lying around in a bikini in the winter. Somehow it just felt like real life. It felt more like real life than my life.” PeopleLittlesRealHomeLyingThreeFeltMorningTeachingMomLonelyMy FamilyLongingDrinkingWinterMy MomCoffeeReal LifeBack To WorkBikinis Author:Jodie Foster