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Our Mary had a stroke. We want you to know.

Our Mary had a stroke. We want you to know.

Dear friends,   I have something important and personal to share with you, and I want you to hear it from me directly. Mary had a stroke last Tuesday at 7 p.m. as we sat down to dinner. She couldn't see Annie seated to her right and, as her eyes filled with terror, she couldn't get the words out...
A Thanksgiving Note from Mary

A Thanksgiving Note from Mary

Dear Duggan Sisters Family,At this stage of my life, Thanksgiving Day is every day, or at least I aspire to that enlightened state.  I’ve loosened my grip and my youthful fantasies of creating the perfect Norman Rockwell holiday moment, opting instead for a more flexible and easy-going approach....
Earth Day 2023 - A Letter from the Sisters

Earth Day 2023 - A Letter from the Sisters

Dear Friends,

Every day is Earth Day for the Duggan Sisters and that’s the way we like it. 

From our simple turn-of-the-century Worker’s Cottage on the Southside of Chicago - where we have lived happily above the shop for 15+ years - we have built our brand from a singular premise: you can not maintain a healthy body on a sick planet. And so we rise each day, firing up one HVAC system, not three, and working to maintain the smallest possible carbon footprint as we go about the business of being a business, working to make a real difference for both people and planet.