We Love Your Style RUTH YAROSLASKI

By Amber Bouthot

Each month, we highlight someone whose style we admire. If you know someone we should consider featuring, email ambouthot@the-papers.com.

This month, it is Ruth Yaroslaski. She wears a few different hats professionally: she runs her own photography business, specializing in commercial and portrait photography; and she works with Upper Valley Film Co. as a production manager and assistant director.

On a personal level, she has been married to her husband Nate for almost 12 years, and they have 2 corgis, Fern and Frankie. She loves musicals, karaoke (can’t sing to save her life), and game nights with friends.

How would you describe your style?

I feel it’s a mix of different design styles, but I’d mainly describe it as colorful, fun, and aggressively pastel. I love fun prints, monochromatic rooms, and adding artwork in the mix.

Tell us a little about each of the areas you chose to highlight. Why did you choose them? What makes them your faves?

The main area I choose to highlight is my living room/dining room. It ends up being the room that we spend the most time in, and it’s also been the room that has been the most challenging to design with it being a long open layout. I call it the work in progress space, and I’m excited to see how it will continue to evolve. My favorite part is the lavender wall with the shelves; it’s just so cheery and fun to look at.

When you think of your home, what’s the feeling you hope your family and visitors have?

Since we moved into this home, our goal has always been to make sure it feels welcoming and have an open-door policy. We want it to be a fun space that everyone feels like they can make themselves at home when they visit.

What’s your favorite color?

Mustard Yellow. It goes with everything and is just a fun color. a

Name: Jaclyn Youhana Garver

Hometown: Born in Joliet, Illinois, and came of age in West Chester, Ohio

Current town: Fort Wayne, Indiana

Title of Piece: I Like to Think God’s Telephone Cord is Obnoxiously Long

What inspired this piece:

I had just received a spectacular massage, and I was in that blissed out space of I LOVE EVERYONE! I offered up a little silent thanks to whatever was listening, which I kept thinking about that day. This poem and the idea for its speaker came out of that experience and all the wonderful related what-ifs: Like, if we called a deity on the phone, what kind of phone would it use? On that phone call, after going through a series of thanks, would we be like OK, so the real reason I’m calling is … and what is that reason? Why does this poem’s speaker need to chat? I love writing love poems, so obviously my first thought was, LOVE PROBLEMS, BABY.

What is your preferred style of writing?

I’m not sure I have a favorite. I studied newspaper journalism and still freelance, so feature writing is probably my first and simplest love. But I adore poetry and novel writing. Essays are a lot of fun, but scary. To be so truthful is uncomfortably vulnerable.

When did you first start writing?

My grandma gave me a diary when I was in second grade. So … second grade.