The Queens of Lumban Embroidery
Words by Glenn Martinez Photograhy by Jamie Barredo Morning sunshine generously streams through a narrow door inside the home of 61-year-old Lolita Lakbay-Rosales providing…
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Helen Nurse’s Parlour of Style – TracyChambers Vintage
Words by Molly Hays Photography by Jacklyn Greenberg Many a woman working from home soon finds her professional life elbowing in on her dining…
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Mr. Lentz: The Genuine Chivalrous Cowboy
Interview by Laura Zolman Kirk and Megan Smith Photograhy by Evan Lentz Walk us through a typical work day. Rolling out of bed when…
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The Contented Life of JoJo Johnson
Words by Megan Smith Photography by Sarah Beaty 318. That’s the number of curves I experienced on an 11-mile stretch of the mountain…
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Emily Dickinson – Poetry of a Homebody
Words by Laura Zolman Kirk Imagery provided by Amherst College Special Collections Many of us were introduced to Emily Dickinson during high school English…
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The Cirque de Soleil of Her Imagination
Words by Bethany Miller Photography by Natalie Morris There is no “they.” This is but one of the many truths spoken by Vanessa…
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The World’s First Freelance Programmer
Words by Robbie Clark Photography by Clare West When Dame Stephanie Shirley founded the British software company F.I. Group in 1962, the young upstart…
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Heart and Soule
Words by Molly Hays Photography by Steve Soule Writers, accountants, lawyers, artists: there are as many work-from-home arrangements as there are home-based workers. Still,…
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Fire Within: The Making of Fire-resistant Clothing for Women
Words by Esther Marr Photography by Natalie Morris Unfulfilled in her profession as a registered nurse, Amelia Papapetropoulos, who lives close to where billions…
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The Heart of Mishti Verma: Inner Katha Interventions
Words by Lanie Anderson photography by Akash Mehta For five years, Mishti Verma began every workday the same: a nutritional milkshake, sprouts, and boiled…
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Pay For My Words: How to Set Your Speaking Fees
Words by Marley Majcher Artwork by Lucy Driscoll Poorly negotiated speaking contracts can cost you a lot more than a day or two on…
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Keeping it Legal When Your Home is Your Office
Words by Jennifer Monarch Artwork by Belinda Del Pesco Since I left my in-the-box job at a mid-sized regional law firm less than two…
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The Big Enough Company
Interview and Photography by Pamela Sutton The Big Enough Company: How Women Can Build Great Businesses and Happier Lives, by Adelaide Lancaster and Amy…
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Jane West: Queen of Cannabis
Taboo Issue Topic: Drugs Words by Robbie Clark Photography by Rebecca Stumpf For a long time cannabis has been considered a societal scourge, a…
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Dawn Weleski: Conflict Kitchen
Taboo Issue Topic: Politics Words by Melaina Balbo Phipps Photography by Conflict Kitchen Pulling into a parking spot, I wasn’t surprised when my stomach…
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Artist Profile: Clare West
I think deep down I always knew that I would have a career in which I was creative. I never dreamed it would be…
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Camelle Daley: The Clergy Couturiere
Taboo Issue Topic: Religion Words by Linnea Zielinski Photography by Clare West After finishing her degree at the London College of Fashion, Camelle threw…
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Brian Hersch: The Guy Feature
Interview by Molly Hays Photography by Mariah Shope Hersch, whose wildly entertaining word game Taboo has sold 20 million copies (and counting) is founder…
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How the Light Gets In
Words and Photography by Morgan Day Cecil My husband and I have a story made for daytime television. Whenever a new acquaintance asks how…
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Kendra Montejos: The Immigrant Educator
Taboo Issue Topic: Immigration Words by Renee Boss Photography by Sarah Jane Sanders Clutching a small blue purse with a single coin inside, a…
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Krista Tippett: The Wisdom Seeker
Words by Megan Smith Photography by Pamela Sutton It’s unusually muggy for a September day in Minneapolis and hair around the city is paying…
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Candan Yazar: The Sobriety Savior
Taboo Issue Topic: Alcohol Words by Esther Zunker Photography by Merve Hasman First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous documents the organization’s 12 key concepts…
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Maria Mejia
Taboo Issue Topic: HIV Words by Bethany Miller Photography by Sonya Revell Maria Mejia is a powerhouse, even when she’s fragile. The deepest valleys…
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LeNora Fulton: The Native Leader
Taboo Issue Topic: Politics Words by Laura Zolman Kirk Photography by Keith Pitts We found her by chance: a search for small-town female politicians….
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Marian Anderson: Ambassadress for All
Words by Lanie Anderson Imagery provided by University of Pennsylvania Special Collections We. The word can have powerful implications depending on its context, and…
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Island Love
Words by Lanie Anderson Photography by Jessica Hill Imagine a wedding with a center aisle carpeted in leaves and colorful rose petals, gift bags…
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Soccket To Me
Words by Robbie Clark Photography by Jacklyn Greenberg Kicking an Idea Around As a very recent graduate from Harvard Business School, where she had…
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Ada: Enchantress of Numbers
Words by Dayna Brownfield Artwork by Ann Shen Walking down the rows of laptops, tablets and iPods at my local big-box electronics store, I…
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La Cuisine Paris
Words by Linnea Zielinski Photography by Rebecca Plotnick “We need to be sitting together over a bottle of wine,” Jane Bertch says as she…
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Flying Solar
Interview by Robbie Clark In early June, Solar Impulse 2 made its inaugural flight, which lasted two hours. The vehicle’s intended mission, scheduled to…
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She’s A Mizzfit
Interview by Lina Fletcher Photography by Caitlin Mitchell Ever wished you could wear your favorite pair of yoga pants to work? Bianca Jade did…and…
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Difference
Words and Photography by Pamela Sutton Difference: The One-Page Method for Reimagining Your Business and Reinventing Your Marketing by Bernatte Jiwa What if your…
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Dreaming My Dreams With You
Words and Photography by Morgan Day Cecil What was I thinking, sharing my heart with the world? That afternoon in my daughter’s bedroom, I…
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Artist Profile: Rebecca Plotnick
I was bit by the travel bug in 2003 when I studied abroad in college, and I started dreaming of becoming a travel photographer….
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An Ode to Farm Life: Erin Brennaman
Words by Kelli Loos & Linnea Zielinski Photography by Jen Madigan City girl. Country boy. The age-old tale of young love between two people…
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Artist Profile: Clare Elsaesser
Five years ago I started my Etsy shop with the goal of making a living from my paintings, a barely utilized Bachelor of Fine…
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Gold Medal Work Ethic
Words by Kaelan Hollon Artwork by Roberta Pinna As a rule, divers are a little bit crazy. Surely it must be lunacy to careen…
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Beauty in Brokenness
Words and Photography by Annie Kruyer Kintsukuroi, ‘to repair with gold,’ is the Japanese art of repairing shattered pottery and ceramic vessels with gold…
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Tea Time
Words by Virginia Myers & Megan Smith Photography by Jesse Fox In 2010, Heather Howell was wooed away from her job in talent acquisition…
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Imogen Cunningham
Words by Pamela Sutton & Laura Zolman Photography by Imogen Cunningham “So many people dislike themselves so thoroughly that they never see any reproduction…
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Youth Uprising
Words by Lanie Anderson Photography by Rebecca Drobis Hiking in the mountains of Rwanda, snowboarding along the Eastern seaboard, and paragliding in Ecuador, Sarah…
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Creatures of Habit
Words and Photography by Pamela Sutton Whether we realize it or not, we spend most of our day on habitual autopilot. This is not…
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A View From the Hill
Words by Ann Sullivan Artwork by Gooseberry Press Few sights in our capital city are as breathtaking as the cherry blossoms blooming on the…
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Curating Your Memories For Better Relationships
Words and Photography by Morgan Day Cecil I live in Portland, Oregon, a city full of hip, young artisans, craftsmen, and entrepreneurs who all…
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Artist Profile: Roberta Pinna
My work celebrates beauty. I use the female figure because, as a woman, that is the lens through which I observe the world and…
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Alton Brown
Interview by Megan Smith The word on the street is that cooking shows bored the heck out of Alton Brown and he thought he…
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Soar: The Misty Copeland Story
Words by Molly Hays Photography by Jacklyn Greenberg “I’ll bet you didn’t know that I could fly,” Misty Copeland writes in Life in Motion,…
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Artist Profile: Jacklyn Greenberg
Jacklyn’s edge lies in her unique ability to engage and connect with people on a level that delves beyond the surface and into the…
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Instagramming France: The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards
Journaled and Photographed by Megan Smith October in Paris sounded like a dream. Snuggled under the covers of my chic hotel room’s bed, the…
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Fit to be Tiled
Words by Katie Shoultz Photography by Chelsea Brewer With its expression of culture, landscape and time, almost every iconic American building has an artistic…
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Mad Success: Lucinda Scala Quinn on Management, Martha, Motherhood, Men, and Improvising a Life
Words by Molly Hays Photography by Jacklyn Greenberg If a proper success story should read like a résumé, all steady build and single-minded trajectory,…
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Salt of the Earth: Sarah Sproule and her Rooftop Salt Garden
Words by Megan Smith Photography by Jacklyn Greenberg For a seemingly unending rainy streak in NYC, even the gloomy skies can’t keep Sarah Sproule…
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India Hicks: Island Dreamer
Words by Megan Smith Photography by Brittan Goetz & Suzanne Kantak Each morning she sinks her toes into the cool pink sands of the…
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The Athena Doctrine
Words by Pamela Sutton A healer, protector of justice, wise peacemaker, reliable and selfless warrior; what attributes will define business in the 21st century…
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Stiletto Network
Written by Megan Smith Artwork by Janet Hill Purely out of curiosity and on her own dime, New York Times writer Pamela Ryckman flew…
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The Model Activist: Summer Rayne Oakes
Words by Pamela Sutton Photography by Jacklyn Greenberg “I’m the person who likes to take the machete to clear the path so other people…
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The Road to Splendid: Jeni Britton Bauer and her Splendid Ice Creams
Words by Molly Hays Photography by Rachel Joy Baransi and Sarah Beaty When the history of ice cream in America is written, chances are…
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Do Gooding: Madame
Words and Photography by Sarah Jane Sanders The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of time… Hauling large Tupperware bins of…
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Q&A with Diane Cu
Words by Megan Smith Photography by Diane Cu Biggest fear as a businesswoman? Speaking up for myself without hurting anyone’s feelings when I say…
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Soda Pop PR: Dyan Dolfi-Offutt
Words by Danielle Adkins Photography by Chelsea Brewer “My first job out of college was very ‘Office Space-esque’ and not fulfilling on any level….
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Do Gooding: A Look Through the Healing Glass
Words by Megan Smith “glassybaby are useful in many ways. But their real use is lifting bad moods and loneliness. Their warm and colored…
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Helen Turner: Pitmaster of Her Domain
Words by Theresa Stanley Photography by Sarah Jane Sanders Helen Turner is living a classic love story of fairytale proportions. Boy sees girl, girl…
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Marcus Samuelsson: Behind Every Good Man
Interview by Megan Smith Photography by Michael Guenther How do we do justice to describing a man whose fashion tastes are impeccable, whose swagger is…
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Following the Paper Trail: Rifle Paper Co.
Words by Freedom Martinez Artwork from the brushstrokes of Anna Bond is hard to miss these days. Her name might not ring a bell,…
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Shama Hyder: Buzz Maven
Words by Danielle Adkins Photographer by Gilberto Vasquez Just after finishing up Friday morning errands, Shama Hyder (Kabani) sat down to speak about the…
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Sigrid Olsen: Paradise Found
Words by Janet Holloway Photography by Andrea Hillebrand How is it that nearly every woman I meet who’s over 50, or even 40, is…
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Whitney Rockley: Living the Dream as a Canadian Venture Capitalist
Words by Cheryl Arkison Photography by Lora Vertue When most people say that they are living the dream, they usually mean a big house…
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Ms. Small Town USA: Minnesota Photographer
Words by Pamela Sutton Photography by Kelly Reed “Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” – Annie…
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Trailblazer: Edith Flagg
Words by Kaelan Hollon Imagery courtesy of Josh Flagg I succumbed to the purchase, like the millions who came before me, the second I…
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