by Amanda West | Nov 20, 2023 | Feature
WHEN YOU meet Stacy Schilling, author, illustrator, and creator of a brand new line of children’s books titled “The Frizz Girls,” you immediately notice her abundance of bouncy curls. “As someone who grew up with wavy hair,” said Schilling, “my mom never showed me how...
by Amanda West | Nov 20, 2023 | Cover
THE STUB of a royal blue crayon protruded from his fist. It was half-used and missing the Crayola wrapper. Right there in the middle of the glossy page was the red and black bicycle he’d been dreaming about for months. After scribbling three circles around the...
by Amanda West | Nov 20, 2023 | Feature
IT WASN’T the car she’d always dreamed of, but with a colicky 6-month-old, unpaid medical bills piling up on the counter of their tiny apartment, and her college thesis inching her anxiety level higher, she was grateful it cranked and got them safely from point A to...
by Amanda West | Nov 20, 2023 | Stories
NATASHA NEELY doesn’t just work “9 to 5” to make a living. And like most of us, she didn’t start her first job at 15. Neely was 3! “THere was a hometown country music show in Owensboro, where I grew up, called Goldie’s Best Little Opryhouse in Kentucky. My...
