The Duchess of Sussex was spotted leaving the charity Harvest Home HQ in LA yesterday (08/03/23).
The Duchess of Sussex and the Archewell team celebrated the International Women's Day with a visit to the women of Harvest Home by creating a pop up baby boutique, hosting lunch from a female owned restaurant, and making a donation to the organization.
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, and members of the Archewell Team visited Harvest Home, a supportive space for expectant mothers in need, to mark International Women's Day. They enjoyed lunch at Gracias Madre in West Hollywood, a vegan Mexican restaurant, with 10 women from her and Prince Harry's Archewell Foundation (3/8/23). The couple founded the organization, which includes their charitable foundation and programming hubs, Archewell Productions and Archewell Audio, in 2020.
My seasonal embroideries for my altar are my most important pieces. I realized when I was going through my embroidery trunk this morning that I don’t have much in the way of Autumn pieces. Since I can’t seem to get into the bit I just started, I’m thinking about starting a Harvest project.
So on r-rook.studio, I've been building an Appendix N for Moonlight on Roseville Beach (and hey, it's got a Judge's Spotlight ENnie now, have I been sufficiently obnoxious yet?) by looking at what genre paperbacks might show up in the town's Paperback Exchange in 1979. I started with Thomas Tryon's folk horror novel Harvest Home. Who left Hollywood to become a novelist and dated gay porn star Casey Donovan (who has his own NSFW ties to 70s gay beach communities), was gay enough on his own, but the TV movie version had Bette Davis, which makes it even gayer.
The American bark Harvest Home wrecked near the north end of the Long Beach Peninsula in 1882. An instand tourist attraction, her hull remained visible on the beach for decades afterwards. The wreck is long gone now, devoured by sand and sea.
The new pop up baby boutique that Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex created for the charity Harvest Home is now open.
From the charity's instagram: "Thanks to Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex and the team at Archewell, we’re thrilled to unveil our brand new baby boutique! Last week, they so generously shared their time and resources to transform our empty storage room into a charming space filled with donated clothes, baby accessories, and essential items.
Our residents have already used points earned in classes on their first round of baby gear. As women continue to work towards their educational goals, the baby boutique will ensure that they graduate from Harvest Home with everything they need!" (xx)
This story mentions death, sexual and physical abuse, blood/gore, and suicide.
Genre:
Folk horror
My Opinion:
This book had an incredibly slow build-up with a somewhat disappointing payoff. At the beginning, I was impatient for something to occur. About halfway through, my interest peaked and I was growing to enjoy the drawn-out style of writing. But when the end hit, it felt so brief and unfulfilling. I have mixed feelings about this one, even though I ended up enjoying it more than I expected to. Definitely not as scary as the back cover makes it out to seem lol. 6/10.
Summary:
Ned and his family move from New York to a small country village, where the people are very set in there ways, which is mostly just farming corn. After some time they begin to feel accepted by the townsfolk, but soon Ned begins to discover some dark secrets about the town. When he tries to uncover the details of these events, he finds himself the target of the village's anger.