Gordon Shadrach: Portrait of the Artist as a Leader

New Orleans, July 9th, early evening, and we’re walking through the French…


From A Place Of Curiosity: Ron Dizy

One evening in 1997 Ron Dizy went to the Gourmet Food and Wine Show in Toronto…


Daniel Bryant: Story El Grande

Question: how long is twenty-one years? The answer could be 1,092 weeks. Or…


Chandra Wohleber: Never-Ending Character Arc

I present to the reader Chandra Wohleber in relief, a diptych. When I visited…


John Overall: Professional Skeptic

I can’t remember the exact moment I met John Overall although it occurred…


Gavin Barrett: A Life of Creativity and Caring

A few years ago, Gavin Barrett left his house to head to his office — both…


Mark Mercer: Passionately Dispassionate

During the summer of 2019, nearly forty years after I last saw Mark Mercer, we…


Boundless Energy Battling Climate Change: Lisa DeMarco

As with her older siblings, when Lisa DeMarco was a little girl her parents…