Story by Suzy Farren | Photos by Adam Williams // The morning after Diane and Tim Davis moved into the tiny barn apartment on their rented Labadie, Mo., horse farm ...
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Joanne Kluba: Telling the Story of Life
Story by Suzy Farren, Photos by Adam Williams // On September 11, ...
Soleful Life Leads to Long-Time Happiness
Story by Mary Konroy, Photos by Adam Williams // Guiseppe (Joe) Campieri’s ...
Creating Space for Imagination
By Marie A. Casey // Feeding the spirit of imagination comes easily ...
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Lessons from Messes
By Amy George Rush, Photos by Heidi Drexler // While making tacos one evening several years ago, I heard the pitter-patter of my son’s toddler toes scampering toward me, paired with a hearty, mischievous giggle. I remember thinking, “I wonder what’s so funny… He’s been so quiet, playing all by himself.” A quiet toddler? Playing [...]
Are You Interested or Committed?
By John O’Leary // “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” Commitment frees us to hurdle over momentary struggles, endure unbearable challenges, celebrate unexpected joys, and remain focused on the possibility [...]
The Color of Apples
By Meghan Mueller // When I was a little girl, each year my grandparents took us on an autumn family outing to pick apples at a local orchard. We would pile on top of a wagon that would take us into the orchard. After gathering baskets full of apples—those that we didn’t eat—we would return [...]
The Intersection of Art & Nature
Text and Photos by Adam Williams // The St. Louis metropolitan area is renowned for the quantity and quality of its green spaces. Among all those spaces, Laumeier Sculpture Park stands out. A 105-acre, open-air art museum, Laumeier is a rare intersection of creative expression and the natural environment. Paths loop to and from the [...]
Treats Unleashed
Story & Photography By Adam Williams // Teresa and Ian Miller have built Treats Unleashed, a homemade treats-and-more business of seven stores, in fewer than 10 years. Their energy and sunny attitudes and dedication to canine customers’ needs for natural diets are some of the reasons Treats Unleashed has thrived, despite the major recession [...]
Chicks and the City
By Jean Lopez // It’s 4:33 a.m. and Melvin is already up and at ’em. “Ur-ur-ur-ur-urrrrrhhh!” Melvin is my neighbor Bob’s rooster, and a source of joy in my life. His ur-ur-urgent call presents a good reason to wake up. When Bob first brought Melvin home he didn’t know he’d just adopted a rooster. The [...]
Hands & Mind Together
By Marie A. Casey // A friend of mine who was a prolific inventor — well into his 80s — combined his gifts for “seeing” in many dimensions with devising quick experiments to create breakthrough products. In a fun twist that speaks to the good things that happen when we give our brains a break, [...]
The Morphing of a Mother
By Amy George Rush // Cats, they say, have nine lives. Mothers, I say, have two — the life you led before you were a mother, and the life you lead once you become a mother. Prior to my son’s birth, I was a 30-something admitted control freak (“Type A for Amy!”) with a vibrant [...]
Cate Becoming
By Suzy Farren // The April day it froze — shocking the tender buds and wilting the daffodils — Cate told her story. Twenty-three years a secret, and finally, when the acupuncturist blurted: “Why do you stay?” Catherine said the words out loud: “I’m afraid to leave.” And she heard herself for the first time [...]
Love A Golden
Story & Photography by Adam Williams // Every year welcomes rows of calendars for sale, lining bookstore shelves with images of the cute or quaint, the silly or scenic, or even playfully sinful. Few, if any, of those calendars serve their buyers a greater deed than as sentinels hanging on kitchen or office walls. They [...]
