Remembering Laverne Shepherd: The Quiet Mother Behind a Public Life
A personal introduction I have spent time assembling what can be known about Laverne Shepherd. I approach this…
Portrait of a Quiet Life: Jeri Lynn Horton and Her Family
A short introduction I am drawn to stories that live in the margins between fame and ordinary life.…
A Quiet Beacon of Faith and Family: Carleton E. Zahn
A pastor’s beginning and my first impressions I first encountered the story of Carleton E. Zahn as a…
A Quiet Stage and a Loud Legacy: Katherine Mapother in the Mapother Family
A family threaded through law, stage, and screen I have followed the threads of a family that moves…
Begam Jaffry: The Quiet Matriarch Behind a Bollywood Lineage
Who I am writing about I am writing about Begam Jaffry. I use that exact spelling throughout because…
Portrait of a Family Man: Terry Mccool and the McCool-Calaway Family Story
A personal introduction to Terry Mccool I write this as someone who has traced threads through public life…
Portrait of Hector Uniacke: A Quiet Voice Between Translation and Family History
Introduction to a name I kept returning to I first noticed the name Hector Uniacke while tracing a…
Quiet Heir and Family Threads: Eunice Julia Shriver in the Shriver-Kennedy Tapestry
A brief portrait I have gathered what is publicly known about Eunice Julia Shriver and stitched it into…
Shelley Macarthur Farley: Portrait of a Performer, Philanthropist, and Family Matriarch
Early life and artistic journey I met Shelley Macarthur Farley as a singer whose voice permeates rooms. She…
A Quiet Figure in a Loud Story: Michele Scarfo-winkler
My aim and the frame I use I write about Michele Scarfo-winkler as someone who appears in public…