Jana del Fierro-Peterson Plans Ahead for Retirement
Few people plan their “encore career” as well as Starbucks partner Jana del Fierro-Peterson. But that’s what the 59-year-old...
Naturally Passionate – Northwest couple help students understand the wild
Albatross swoop and cruise next to the pitching and lurching boat, unfazed by the stormy seas. Their graceful aerobatics...
Natural Legacy-Samish Bay Cheese is a labor of love
Suzanne Wechsler’s father loved picture-pretty fruits and vegetables. If he was going to sell an apple at one of his Southern...
My Third Act – Incontinence Inspired
We didn’t set out to save the world—we just wanted to keep our pants dry. Cathy and I had worked together for almost...
Joy to The World
When you meet internationally acclaimed Seattle artist Alfredo Arreguin, you are immediately struck by his warmth, his enthusiasm,...
New Leashes on Life – Fostering Senior Dogs
I had never thought about fostering an older dog until I opened an urgent email from English Springer Rescue America. They...
Actor Amy Thone
She’s played Juliet, Cleopatra, and Lady Macbeth. She’s also played Shylock, Prospero, King John, and Richard Nixon....
Retired Professor Captures Light and Life in Encore Career
Charles Sleicher shows me one of his favorite photographs: an egret, snowy white against a dark, pre-dawn sky, tail fanned...
My Third Act – Becoming a Travel Writer
In the brisk March weather, as I stood pondering Estonia’s iconic Song Festival Grounds, it was hard to imagine the vast,...
Laughter, Tears, Curtain
Playwright. I always loved that word. Like shipwright or cartwright, a playwright is also a “worker or shaper”—taking...
