Contributors
Thorpe Moeckel
Thorpe teaches at Hollins University and lives in and explores the wilds of western Virginia, often with his children. Awarded a 2011 NEA Fellowship in poetry, his fourth collection, Arcadia Road: A Trilogy, was published in fall 2015 by Etruscan Press. A nonfiction book, Watershed Days, was published in spring 2015. See more at www.thorpemoeckel.wordpress.com.
Steve Soule
Steve lives in western Maine with his wife Amanda and their five children. He homesteads, writes, photographs, hammers away, slings babies and enjoys “gettin’ out in it” as much as possible. Steve has worked scores of jobs from his former life as a nomadic vagabond but considers none more fulfilling than his present and permanent post as “Papa.”
Stephen Pullan
Stephen is a father, homesteader, artist and dreamer. He hangs his hat in solar powered yurts where he writes songs, bakes bread and strums the banjo. He makes music for the pure joy of it with the Blue Bus Semi Mobile Orchestra. He also practices wet plate collodion photography in Portland, Maine. See more at mainetintypes.com
Shari Altman
Shari Altman is a writer, photographer, and administrative assistant, who lives in rural Vermont with her husband, three cats, seven chickens, and a few hives of bees. She is the co-founder of Literary North, an organization that provides a carefully selected calendar of literary events in Vermont and New Hampshire and partners with the local literary community to promote and host literary-related events. For the past several years, she has had a quarterly column in Amirisu magazine. Lately, she's all about dahlias, fried okra, her monthly writing group, and weekend trips to New York City.
Rima Staines
Rima uses paint, words, music, animation, puppetry and story to build a gate through the hedge between the worlds. Her inspirations include the world of folktale, nomadic living, old Europe, wilderness and plant-lore. She lives on the edge of Dartmoor, UK with her beloved, Tom and their ice-eyed lurcher Macha. You can join her caravan at intothehermitage.blogspot.com.
Rebecca Stetson Werner
Rebecca Stetson Werner lives in Portland, Maine with her husband and three children. With a background in child psychology and research, she writes about parenting, environmental issues, and life in their very old home. In addition to her previous essays for Taproot Magazine, her most recent writing has been published by Maine the Way Quarterly, Full Grown People, and The Hopper.
Rachel Liu-Ballard
Rachel is a mother, wife, birth enthusiast and future midwife. She and her family abide in New Haven, Connecticut in an old home on a river with chickens in their backyard. She spends her days watching her children grow, working with pregnant women as a labor and birth nurse, and putting her hands to all things culinary and crafty.
Phoebe Wahl
Phoebe grew up unschooled in Washington state and credits her 'free range' childhood for much of her inspiration and work ethics. She graduated from RISD in 2013 and makes everything from tiny paintings to giant puppets. Her work revolves around themes of comfort, nostalgia and connection to nature and one another. She just published her first children’s book, Sonya's Chickens. See more at phoebewahl.com.
Nikki McClure
Michelle Kroll
Michelle is a wife, mother, and artist. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon. Her artwork can be seen in pen, prose, print and fiber arts. She strives to: be well by making more wholesome food choices, be consistently creative, and inspire others to do the same. Visit her at rainmomma.com.
Meredith Winn
Meredith is a photographer and freelance writer. She weaves stories from truth and optical illusions from images. Balancing the digital world with slow photography, she is happiest in her darkroom creating tintypes from silver and light. Meredith lives off-grid in a yurt in New England with her partner and a trio of boys. See more of her work at meredithwinn.com.