Melody’s Favorite Things 2018

A few months ago on a work trip to Vermillion, South Dakota, I met a woman who curated her own holiday gift guide on her Instagram with cool products you could buy in her hometown. I’m pretty much obsessed with that idea. My book, This Is Where You Belong, is all about feeling happier and more connected wherever you happen to be living, and guess what? Shopping locally is a big way to do that.

This is totally not meant to be a guilt trip. When my beautiful friend...