by Nick DiMarsh, photo by Alice M Waraxa December 13, 2010, Andy arrived in Milwaukee in a blizzard. He parked in the Growing Power parking lot in the middle of the night and fell asleep. Andy came to work there as an intern. He was already shoveling goat manure by noon, the day he arrived. […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Eugene Parmenko
I started volunteering at the People’s Books on Thursdays, the closing shift. One Thursday I received a call from Eugene, who was briefly mentioned to me in passing. He was an older gentleman who taught Chinese after store hours at the end of my shift. I gave my pretty natural yet generic salutations anyone develops […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Martha Davis Kipcak
by Ellen C. Warren. Photo by Peter diAntoni Although Martha Davis Kipcak has lived in Wisconsin for over fifteen years, her sweet voice still betrays a touch of Texas. She likes it that way. “If it starts to slip, if people tell me they can’t hear an accent, then I know it’s time to go […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Jan Christensen
It’s hard to talk about both urban agriculture and Riverwest without Jan Christensen’s name coming up. When I suggested that she be the Neighbor Spotlight, Jan looked at me quizzically, put her head on her desk, and laughed. But no one in the Currents office could deny that it did made sense to feature her […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Jessica Wineberg Binder
Photo by Peter DiAntoni As I pulled onto the block where Jessica Binder lives I caught the flash of a helmet being removed to expose a dark head of hair, dampened by exertion. The young woman locked her bike to the porch rail as I finished parking and fixed me with a wide-eyed stare as […]
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