Contributors

Vivid photos by Buddy Mays are the answer to any thoughts that you’ve had your fill of fall colors, with his portfolio, “Autumn in the Cascades” (Page 7).

Candy Tedeschi memorializes her mentor, Dr. Burton A. Krumholz in “A Man of Uncommon Influence” (Page 14)

“Chasing the Northern Lights” finally produces its night show north of the Arctic Circle in Norway for Candy and Tony Tedeschi (Page 18).

It’s hard to imagine a more well-connected family than the Confederate admiral and the media moguls who make up the ancestry of Ginny Craven in her memoir, “Reckoning with Personal History” (Page 24).

One can never overstate the veneration for the cuisine, which arises from special recipes, described in his mother’s variation on the theme by Alice Marchitti Scheller in “An Italian-American Family at Table” Page 27).

Poetic contributions gracing this issue are Jay Jacobs’, “A Short History,” (Page 23) and Samantha Marie’s, “” (Page 30).

Some of the last century’s most prominent personae are part of “Hem and Ho, A Conversation Or An Afternoon in Paris: A Fable,” By Kendric W. Taylor (Page 31).

Reporting on the menage ranging from joyous music and dance to biting satire during pre-Lenten celebrations far and wide has been a specialty of Skip Kaltenheuser, here on display in his “Carnival, The People Strike Back” (Page 37).

The yuletide creation and expansion of “Madelineville,” is John H. Ostdick’s reminiscence, followed by his daughter, Madeline’s story about how the town came to life in her imagination as “John’s Village” (Page 46).

The beginnings of off-price merchandising, kinda, is detailed in Malcolm P. Ganz’s, Waaaaht? contribution, “Wanna Buy a Blender” (Page 62).

Karen Dinan’s latest back cover has solidified her ownership of that space, which should cause everyone to flip over our issues before you do anything else.