Contributors

Laura Didyk recently moved from the Northeast to her hometown of Carmel Valley, California, where she makes poems and drawings and hikes up steep hills. Her work has been published widely. (lauradidyk.com)

Andrea L. Fry wishes she had been a folk singer instead of a cancer nurse practitioner. Now retired in Brookline, Massachusetts, she takes breaks from writing to belt out “It Ain’t Me, Babe.” (andrealfry.com)

Mark Gozonsky is a tri-coastal writer dividing his time between Los Angeles, Chicago, and the northwest corner of Connecticut, where one of his favorite pastimes is constructing rustic fences. (gozonsky.com)

Jill Kolongowski swore she would never be a teacher or live in California. Now she happily does both. She writes the newsletter Tiny True Stories. (jillkwrites.com)

Mark Leviton writes about music for Best Classic Bands, and his radio show, Pet Sounds, broadcasts Mondays on KVMR-FM. He lives in Roseville, California. (petsoundsmusic.com)

M.D. McIntyre has been a camp counselor, a janitor, and a cake decorator. Now she is a writer and photographer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (mdmcintyrewrites.org)

Jeff Tigchelaar is the author of Certain Streets at an Uncertain Hour. Aside from skipping work and writing about it, he’s been practicing his tennis serve. He lives in Huntington, West Virginia.

John Colman Wood teaches anthropology at the University of North Carolina Asheville and keeps about twenty beehives in the mountains.

Dave Zoby takes basic Spanish in his hometown of Casper, Wyoming. He and his dog, Henderson, are still looking for a place to live with sandy streets, palapas, and a church bell that rings every morning. Follow them on Instagram: @davidzoby.

Jeff Botts has a small darkroom in Lexington, Kentucky, where he prints photographs for family and friends. He has an extra fridge just for film.

Cameron Brosnan is a photographer and filmmaker based in North Carolina. He enjoys capturing plants, skies, animals, and landscapes.

Gina Easley’s address on Google Maps Street View shows a buck with huge antlers in the front yard. This was the deciding factor for her and her husband when choosing their home.

Sara Feld practices meditation, dancing, zero-balancing bodywork, and photography in Massachusetts. Follow her on Instagram @sara.feld.

Kennon Guerry tries to capture the transient and constant properties of light and childhood in Portland, Oregon. (kennonguerryphotography.com)

Heidi Hart once dreamed of being a world-traveling poet and photographer. Now she lives in San Diego, California, with her wife of twenty-five years and settles for occasional trips to beautiful places.

Amanda Burke Jaworski is the author of the novel A Different Ending. She is married, a college graduate, and mother to Alexa and Jojo.

Skye Prentice is a queer producer and photographer with a focus on sustainability. Follow her on Instagram: @skyeprenticemedia.

Ezequiel-Saint Millán II is a Mexican photographer, poet, and typographer who lives in California. Follow him on Instagram @byzekemillan.

Daniel Saman is an epidemiologist who loves skiing, rock climbing, and the Minnesota Northwoods near Duluth. Instagram: @scienceisking.

Linda Thomas is a retired videographer and teacher in Ashland, Oregon. She volunteers as a photographer for conservation organizations.

Ryan Trimble is a writer and photographer exploring themes of isolation and solitude. (ryanjtrimble.com)

Leon Werdinger is a photographer based in Oregon’s Wallowa Valley, where he impatiently waits for the demise of Glen Canyon Dam.

Lisa Whiteman is happiest with a camera, whether capturing strangers in new places or her (relatively patient) children in Maplewood, New Jersey. (lisawhitemanlens.com)

Terry Wild has metamorphosed from a professional photographer in Pennsylvania to a retiree in Kentucky. He plays trumpet with the big band Young at Heart. (terrywildstock.com)

Nizar Ajanovic took this month’s cover image during a barn dance at the Double Staple Ranch in Patagonia, Arizona. The dancers are married horse trainers and barrel racers. Like the country he was born in, Ajanovic has two first names. He’ll tell you the other one if you buy him a cortado.