Sep 25, 2021Mary Harper Dake: 100 m.p.h winds? Hang onto your hat…..or your house!Sixteen years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana, Hurricane Ida arrived with the same idea. Mary Harper Dake was...
Aug 30, 2021Shaya Gardner-Hayum: Not everyone starts out their career as a showgirlThere have to be a lot of interesting stories about what many of us did in those first few years after high school, but I’m not sure...
Aug 27, 2021Vicki Guenther Farrell: When you’re lucky enough to live in a family treasureIn June, Vicki put up a Facebook post that intrigued us: “I have a dream. I want to repair/restore our house.” Not just any house, but...
Aug 27, 2021Diane Wahl: making a difference in kids’ lives for 50 yearsA 50-year-long teaching career is a phenomenal achievement and “I never would have thought I would last this long”, Diane said on...
Aug 26, 2021Martha Collins: The alchemy of turning 1200 tiny pieces of wood into a work of art A very successful artist working in a less common medium is classmate Martha Collins, who has made her name creating extremely intricate...
Aug 26, 2021Bill Kirchen: “Need a break from the revoltin’ developments on the Delta front”?Bill could finally hit the road again on June 25, 2021, after having to hunker down in his home studio in Austin, TX, for the entire...
Aug 26, 2021Mary Jean Raab: At the helm of an Ann Arbor institutionSomething that many of us probably don't know is that Mary Jean owns the Washtenaw Dairy with her husband, John. She was running the...