Loretta Henner: The Dance Teacher at the Heart of a Busy Family
A portrait in motion I have a photograph in my mind of a small studio, the kind where…
Portrait and Puzzles: Vadim Golovkin
A personal note I started with a name and found a handful of lives wrapped in it. Writing…
A Quiet Courage: The Life and Family of Bula Liebling
Early life and the shape of a name I have held this story in my hands like a…
Quiet Heirloom: Isabel Balazs and the Balazs-Ford Family Story
A personal reading of a private life I have been following a thread that runs between boutique hotels,…
Portrait of a First Daughter: Maria Hester Monroe
Early life and the shape of a quiet education I have always been drawn to lives that sit…
Portraits in Quiet Light: The Life and Family of Mya Melvin
Early impressions and why I care I have been drawn to small family stories because they act like…
A Quiet Life of Industry and Family: George Gilbert Ateyeh
Early life and an ordinary beginning I like to see people as landscapes, and George Few clear coordinates…
A Portrait of Faith and Family: Frederick Kenneth Price
About Frederick Kenneth Price I have often thought of lives as tapestries, threads crossing at moments of grief…
Healer, Patriarch, and Silent Architect: Irving George Newman
Early life and family roots I start with the date that anchors the story: November 28, 1913. That…
A Close Look at Sheri Annis — strategist, spouse, and fixer
Early impressions and personal frame I have watched her name surface in political press packets, in bylines of…