Contributors
Cheri Colburn (who wrote “George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability”) is a writer, editor, and gardener who lives, works, and raises human beings in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her “likes” include hiking, the sound of her children’s voices, and long days digging in the dirt. Her “dislikes” include dieting, deadlines, and quitting bad habits.
Artist and college student Karley Ford has been making art since she was “a wee one.” She’s currently studying graphic design, a huge passion she hopes to utilize in the future. She loves painting as well and has six years of hands-in-the-dirt horticultural experience work- ing at her grandparents’ nursery and landscaping business, Stone Path Gardens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Kim Gravestock’s garden design work (she owns From the Ground Up) can be seen at The Cliffhouse, a five-star hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Over the last 15 years, she’s been a beekeeper, a Beekeeping School Coordinator, and Vice President for the Pikes Peak Beekeep- ing Association. She has also been a featured speaker at the Pikes Peak Landscape Symposium and an instructor for the CSU Master Gardener program. Photographing plants, bugs, and other wonders of Nature is her latest endeavor.
Among poet Lois Beebe Hayna’s accomplishments are a Fellowship in Poetry by the state of Colorado, a Doctor of Letters Honorary Degree from Regis University, and a Golden Quill award. Regis University named a creative writing center for Hayna in 2009. Her books of po- etry include: Casting Two Shadows, Keeping Still, Behind the Mirror, Northern Gothic, Never Trust a Crow and Book of Charms. She has also spoken eloquently on conservation: http://
coloradoconservationtrust.org/uncategorized/97-year-old-lois-hayna-on-land-conservation/
Robin Intemann (who interviewed Christa DeCiccio and contributed a book review for this issue) includes among her passions food, books, friends, and family (although not necessarily in that order). The one thing she enjoys about winter gardening is not having to weed. Robin teaches journalism, and has contributed freelance work to numerous area publications. She recently started a blog on books and food:
http://www.bluepagespecial.com.
Alissa Johnson (author of “Naked Tomatoes”) moved from the cities of Minnesota to the mountains of Colorado where she is learning to relate to a land governed by snow and thin air. Follow her journey at
http://www.alissajohnson.wordpress.com
Pat Kennelly (who wrote a book review for this issue) is a freelance writer, poet and gardener who lives and works in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Most recently her work has appeared in The Denver Post, Haibun Today, Articus and Messages from the Hidden Lake.
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