Contributors
Marianne Boukamp
Marianne heralds from the beautiful underrated state of Michigan. She is a mom, wife, nurse, avid traveler, photographer, painter and storyteller. She tries to find beauty in everything she sees. The most wonderful thing that has happened to her recently is becoming a grandmother.
Kristen Solecki
Jessica Ojala
Jessica Ojala is a mother, photographer, garden tender and flower grower. She lives in northern Vermont with her husband and two daughters. When she isn’t gardening you might find her knitting, sewing, hiking, skiing, or—more likely—drinking tea while writing lengthy to-do lists. You can see some of her photos at cargocollective.com/jessica
Jenny Lee Fowler
Jenny is an artist and educator living in New York’s Hudson River Valley. She cuts traditional silhouette portraits and her original paper cuttings are drawn from family, field, forest, and folk. Jenny’s cuttings appear nationally in galleries and magazines. She has a deep interest in home-centric practices and labors of love. Visit her at jennyleefowler.com.
Jennifer Judd-McGee
Jennifer is a full-time artist and mother of two. She recently renovated an old house with her family and works from home in her downeast Maine studio. Paper cutting and illustration are her primary mediums, and her work is influenced by her coastal surroundings. She shows her original work in galleries across the U.S. Find her at jenniferjuddmcgee.com.
Holly Bellebuono
Holly connects plants with people. She directs the award-winning Vineyard Herbs Teas and Apothecary on Martha’s Vineyard and the Bellebuono School of Herbal Medicine. She is the author of several books about herbal medicine and women’s empowerment, including The Essential Herbal for Natural Health and Women Healers of the World.
Desirea Stott-Rodgers
Desirea is a photographer newly transplanted from New York City to a small family farm outside the lovely city of Portland, Oregon. She has photographed people for the past eleven years, in more than fifteen countries. She is also the co-founder of Love146, a non-profit which combats child trafficking and cares for survivors. One of her greatest joys is photographing the story of birth. Visit her at www.desireastill.com.
Denise Parsons
Denise is author of the novel After the Sour Lemon Moon (2014). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in West Marin Review, Kindred, and Fish & Game Quarterly. Denise lives and works in San Francisco, California. See more at deniseparsons.com.
Christine Chitnis
Christine Chitnis is an author and photographer. Her book, Patterns of India: A Journey Through Colors, Textiles and the Vibrancy of Rajasthan (Clarkson Potter, March 2020) is a visual experience that offers intimate insights into the diverse and richly hued Western Indian culture. She lives with her husband and three young children, Vijay, Vikram and Meera, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Beth Schiller
Beth spends her days farming in midcoast Maine. She continually scribbles sentences in pocket-sized notebooks, with the hope of being able to decipher them later. She loves the integration of land, food, and community and strives to use language to describe this great web. Follow her at . dandelionspringfarm.com.
Barb Skoog
Barb moved from Minnesota to Southern California with her husband ten years ago and discovered that when you live in sun and warmth all year long, you are very, very happy. She blew her savings on a convertible and surfing lessons and then quit her job to begin a second life as an artist, a writer, a wanna-be chef and an avid traveler. Follow her at barbskoog.com.
Ashley English
Ashley English is the author of all four books in the "Homemade Living" Series (Canning & Preserving, Keeping Chickens, Keeping Bees, and Home Dairy), as well as "A Year of Pies," "Quench," "Handmade Gatherings," "A Year Of Picnics", and "The Essential Book of Homesteading." She blogs about her adventures in food, parenting, homesteading, and beyond at www.smallmeasure.com. Ashley lives in Candler, North Carolina with her husband Glenn, their two young sons Huxley and Alistair, and a menagerie of animals.