Anna Amiradaki

In 2020, Linda Rhynard fell and shattered her left hand, wrist, and elbow. Months of surgeries and physical therapy followed. In the still quiet moments at night, instead of mourning what she'd lost, she made a decision: Every August 19th—the anniversary of her injury—she would learn something new, reactivate the creative part of herself that corporate life had required her to set aside. She volunteered at a local museum recreating 1790s farm life. She learned to spin. Then, on a weaving...

For six years, Chris Watson, has met with a writing group every Sunday morning. A quarter million words later, there's a mystery novel agents are trying to sell, children's books in progress, and stories about families lost and found. "If I didn't write I don't know what I would do." We talk Shakespeare, coal-fired pizza with Agatha Christie, and why writers in 2026 can't be scared to write down the truth. Writers in Our Backyard — coming in the spring issue of Khiton Free Press.

Elwood Donnelly performing with Atwater-Donnelly, the wife-husband duo he's toured with for 38 years SNEAK PEEK VERSION Elwood Donnelly on Patience, Pattern, and the Work of Hands Elwood Donnelly's basement studio in Warren smells of laundry soap, heating oil, and reed. Windows high on the foundation let in light—cats prowling the side yard, insects at the glass. Sometimes his wife Aubrey practices clog dancing upstairs. Sometimes he weaves to music. Most times, silence. 4 rows weaved "The...