Quiet Partner in Hollywood History: Nel Bentley Hees
Early life in Louisville I have always been drawn to the quiet corners of biographies, the places where…
Quiet Architect of a Famous Lineage: Claire Portnoy
Family portrait and the shape I found This is an inventory and reflection on a woman who lives…
Miriam Glosser Miller: A Quiet Architect of Family Life and Fortune
Glosser Brothers and Roots in Johnstown, Pennsylvania I started this piece wanting to sketch a portrait of a…
A Family Portrait of Payton June Barinholtz: Childhood, Kin, and Quiet Moments
How I found the story I started with a name and then gathered the public threads that make…
Intriguing Shadows: Ip Siu-wah and the Ip Man Family
Introduction I am drawn to lives that live at the edges of famous stories. They are like footnotes…
A Life of Ventures and Values: William Henry Draper Iii and the Draper Family
Early life and the spark of a career I’ve followed a life that resembles American entrepreneurship. William Henry…
Caring, Quiet, Central: The Life and Circle of Linda Mccaleb
About Linda Mccaleb I write this as someone who has watched a private life intersect with public pages.…
A Portrait of Diana Masieri Byfield: Life, Family, and Quiet Influence Diana Masieri Byfield
Early life and origins I began this piece wanting a clear map, but the map has soft edges.…
A Quiet Light and a Vibrant Lineage: Madden Lesher Orlovsky
Family at a Glance Madden Lesher Orlovsky Madden is the name that first stopped me. He is a…
Roots and Ripples: The Life and Family of William Franklin Graham Sr.
The farm and early years in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Graham Brothers Dairy Farm I grew up…