Contributors
Amy Jirsa
Amy is an herbalist/writer/homesteading girl from Maine. She is the author of the book, The Herbal Goddess Guide (Storey Publishing), and spends her days celebrating anything green and growing, long winters, and wild weather. She is a teacher and constant student and believes, with enough practice, anything must be possible. To follow her adventures, publications, and photos, visit thisquietearth.com.
Amy Dickerson
Amy is a photographer whose focus is people, culture and style. She takes a genuine approach to capturing personalities. She is driven by narrative and inspired by nature, art, fashion and travel. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times Style section. She is based in Los Angeles where she enjoys hikes, wine and reading books. See more of her work at amydickerson.com.
Amy Berenbeim
Amy Berenbeim is a linocut printmaker and illustrator living in beautiful Portland, Oregon with her husband and a tiny spotted cat. Inspired by her ever-evolving connection to the natural world, her work has appeared in the pages of National Parks Magazine, High Country News, and Loam. See more at amyberenbeim.com and on Instagram @amesinthehaus.
Amber Moss Ek
Amber lives with her husband and two young sons outside of Seattle, Washington. After the birth of her first son, she took a hiatus from her professional career to pursue creative interests, dusted off her dad's old Canon AE-1 and started clicking away. She's developed a particular interest in 35mm, medium format and polaroid photography.
Amber Alexander
Amber Alexander has been painting and drawing for as long as she can remember and enjoys imagining animals living lives very much like our own, complete with humor and daily stresses. She has illustrated a children's book about organic farming and hopes to someday write and illustrate her own book. She lives with her husband and two crazy poodles, Olin and Izzy, in Middlesex, Vermont.
Amanda Riley
Amanda Riley is a farmer, writer, self-taught herbalist, and general enthusiast of cozy things. Along with her husband and their daughter, she lives full-time in an RV as they build their home on their farm, which is nestled in the Southern Appalachians of Western North Carolina. When she isn't busy tending to their menagerie of farm animals, she enjoys novels, hot morning drinks, walking in the woods, tending the gardens, and daydreaming about how lovely it will be to live in a house again. You can follow along on Instagram @amanda.w.riley and @sweetbranchfarmandforest.
Amanda Hester Smith
Amanda Hester Smith left her life as a NYC yoga instructor for a simpler, more peaceful country life with wide open spaces, rolling green fields and songbirds of every color. She currently spends her days designing knitwear in between the madness of wrangling three homeschool kids and a bounty of farm animals, South of Nashville. You can usually find her either hand feeding her Shetland sheep, on a yoga mat, or with a lap full of wool and knitting needles. Ravelry and Instagram: Luckylambs.
Allison Carroll Duffy
Allison lives on five acres in midcoast Maine with her husband Ben and their two young boys. She's trained as a Master Food Preserver through the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and holds an M.L.A. in Gastronomy from Boston University. She also teaches canning and preserving classes. Her first book, Preserving with Pomona's Pectin, is due out in June 2013. She blogs at www.canningcraft.com.
Alison Kaplan
Alison Kaplan is the creative force behind Kata Golda, a craft studio in the mossy seaside town of Port Townsend, WA. Kata Golda is a flourishing business that preserves crafts such as needlework, letterpress, pottery, hand-dyed textiles, stitched felt and bookbinding. Alison finds inspiration in the woods, farmlands and beaches of her Pacific Northwest wonderland. See her work at www.katagolda.com.
Alicia Paulson
Alicia is a needlework designer who lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and young daughter. She is a big fan of tiny calicos, fluffy eiderdowns, hot coffee, and big snowstorms. She blogs about life, love, and all things crafty at posiegetscozy.com and sells original patterns and kits for sewing projects, softies, and more at aliciapaulson.com.
Alana Chernila
Alana writes, cooks, sells fresh vegetables, and teaches cheese making. She lives with her husband and two young daughters in western Massachusetts. She is the author of two books: The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making and The Homemade Kitchen: Recipes for Cooking with Pleasure. Visit Alana online at eatingfromthegroundup.com
Abigail Halpin
Abigail Halpin is an illustrator living and drawing in southern Maine. Raised in New England, her work pulls heavily from the flora, fauna and history of the region. In addition to illustrating children's books, she also creates mixed media artwork, blending embroidery and portraiture, stitching stories. When not drawing, she can be found either lost in a book, walking in the woods or in front of her sewing machine.