Movers & Makers

Family Spectrum (NE) May 2013
Take nearly 200 kids, add in a loving home, 16 years of classes and training, and the surface of the experience Todd and Kim Hart have as foster parents might be scratched. An equation that equals excellence and expertise. Like many people, the...  Read More
Vermont Woman (VT) Spring (March/April) 2013
You can see with Oscar winners Hathaway and Zellweger, you can never really win, even when you do or have.                 After watching the Oscars late in February, I’ve...  Read More
Vermont Woman (VT) Spring (March/April) 2013
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Vermont Woman (VT) Spring (March/April) 2013
Ladies, your happiness and relief may well depend on this film               It’s the most celebrated movie on a very hot subject that you’ve more than likely never heard of....  Read More
Lioness Magazine (MA) March 2013
  If I could summarize my conversation with BET’s star of Let’s Stay Together, Joyful Drake, it would be inspiring. This renaissance woman is taking on the jungle of Hollywood in true lioness nature. As we kick up our hills  to...  Read More
Vermont Woman (VT) Winter (Feb-March) 2013
This past December I received an email that at first I thought was a hoax. It was an invitation from Michelin Tire to be part of their “Influencer Community” – a group of car-performance enthusiasts, bloggers, and racers with one...  Read More
Vermont Woman (VT) Winter (Feb-March) 2013
There should be a very vital biotechnology infrastructure in this state. –Krista Conley, CEO of Vtrim             Krista Conley says she is a job creator.      ...  Read More
Minnesota Women's Press (MN) December 2012
  Try and catch me if you can There ain’t no maps that can lead you to where I am Don’t put your locks and chains, your box and frames around me Because my mind is free. —Mayda “My Circuitry”  ...  Read More
WNC Woman (NC) May 2012
For the past 38 years, Asheville Greenworks, our local non-profit environmental organization, has worked tirelessly to encourage our community to be and stay “clean and green.” The first annual Green Swan Festival (GSF) celebrates and enc ...For the past 38 years, Asheville Greenworks, our local non-profit environmental organization, has worked tirelessly to encourage our community to be and stay “clean and green.” The first annual Green Swan Festival (GSF) celebrates and...  Read More
Vermont Woman (VT) Summer 2012 (Vol. 5, No. 7/8)
Some inventions are such obviously good ideas that you wonder why no one thought of them sooner. For example, bikes designed especially for women. Since women’s physiques are obviously different from men’s, shouldn’t their bikes ref ...Some inventions are such obviously good ideas that you wonder why no one thought of them sooner. For example, bikes designed especially for women. Since women’s physiques are obviously different from men’s, shouldn’t their bikes...  Read More
Northwest Woman Magazine (WA) February 2010
Last year, many companies and retailers were forced out of business stemming from the results of a recessed economy caused by a global credit crunch. The US Dept. of Labor’s report indicates the unemployment rate in December 2009 for Washington ...Last year, many companies and retailers were forced out of business stemming from the results of a recessed economy caused by a global credit crunch. The US Dept. of Labor’s report indicates the unemployment rate in December 2009 for...  Read More
In late February 2003, Debbie Riddle contacted the Stalking Resource Center of the National Center for Victims of Crime seeking help. Peggy Klinke, Debbie’s sister, had been brutally murdered two months earlier by a former boyfriend who had sta ...In late February 2003, Debbie Riddle contacted the Stalking Resource Center of the National Center for Victims of Crime seeking help. Peggy Klinke, Debbie’s sister, had been brutally murdered two months earlier by a former boyfriend who had...  Read More
Vermont Woman (VT) HOLIDAY (Nov-Dec) 2012
“After the publication of her first young adult novel,  A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl,  angry adults told her she was corrupting children.”               On a Sund ...“After the publication of her first young adult novel,  A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl,  angry adults told her she was corrupting children.”               On a...  Read More
Forsyth Woman Magazine (NC) May 2009
At age five on a spring day in April, my home in southern West Virginia was destroyed by fire and I received third degree burns over 50 percent of my body. The year was 1959 and there were no burn centers. My odds of survival were slim to none but I ...At age five on a spring day in April, my home in southern West Virginia was destroyed by fire and I received third degree burns over 50 percent of my body. The year was 1959 and there were no burn centers. My odds of survival were slim to none but I...  Read More
WNC Woman (NC) April 2012
Listening to the many-sided journey of clinical herbalist, Cynthia Stacey, also known as Thea Summer Deer, one can’t help experiencing her deep love of all things growing on and in Earth Mother. I first met Thea briefly last fall at the Southea ...Listening to the many-sided journey of clinical herbalist, Cynthia Stacey, also known as Thea Summer Deer, one can’t help experiencing her deep love of all things growing on and in Earth Mother. I first met Thea briefly last fall at the...  Read More
Lioness Magazine (MA) June 2012
Move over diamonds, the web may just be a girl’s new best friend.             A quick Google search for “Women in Technology,” yields pages upon pages of female-run coalitions, ...Move over diamonds, the web may just be a girl’s new best friend.             A quick Google search for “Women in Technology,” yields pages upon pages of female-run coalitions...  Read More
Vermont Woman (VT) Fall, Sept/Oct 2012
“Warnaar plays mostly original music, selecting from a repertoire of over 200 songs, grounded in funk, Latin and world beat—and as danceable as Wilson Pickett.”             ...  Read More
Lioness Magazine (MA) June 2012
Move over diamonds, the web may just be a girl’s new best friend.             A quick Google search for “Women in Technology,” yields pages upon pages of female-run coalitions...  Read More
Her Living (NE) December/January 2013
If all the world’s a stage, then 25-year-old actress, dancer, and choreographer Courtney Stein is definitely a player. While performing in the musical Once On This Island at the tender age of 5, Stein, who was born and raised in Omaha, says...  Read More
Family Spectrum (NE) July 2012
I had the privilege recently of spending a few precious days with my brother Ken, a Chief Warrant Officer (CWO4) in the U.S. Navy. This well-educated man, who has literally lived all over the world, asked me a question that made me realize we have...  Read More
Northwest Woman Magazine (WA) February 2010
Last year, many companies and retailers were forced out of business stemming from the results of a recessed economy caused by a global credit crunch. The US Dept. of Labor’s report indicates the unemployment rate in December 2009 for...  Read More
Family Spectrum (NE) August 2012
“To improve the quality of life, both physically and emotionally, of adults and children with disabilities through equine-assisted activities” is the mission statement of the Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy (HETRA). HETRA is...  Read More
Lioness Magazine (MA) August 2012
After finishing up her time at her high school in Lindenhurst, Ill., Diana Schmidtke knew that halls of academia wouldn’t be able to adequately nourish her professional ambitions like that of the creative world that she craved. But it was...  Read More
WNC Woman (NC) September 2012
  This is the message Paula Hanke conveys with elegance and deliberate conviction on her CD of the same name, “The Only Voice.”  This debut release is from a maven whose music and performing arts career spans more than thirty...  Read More