Who's Inside:

Staff and Editorial

Kylie Loynd: wakes in the wee hours each day at a crossroads: retreat back under the blankets or rise and embrace the silence. Founder and Publisher of The Polishing Stone, she believes that we polish our lives with every small step — or exuberant leap — that we take. (Read founding story...)

Khris Fruits Managing Editor of The Polishing Stone, is making a big life from many small things: weaving, writing, managing an eBay store, and now editing. Find more of him at www.quothacreations.com.

Corinna Frenzl took "the leap" after six years in the corporate world and now feels at home as the Development and Administrative Director for The Polishing Stone. When she is not busy making sure your subscriptions get to the right place at the right time, she loves making herbal recipes, medicines and brews, fermented foods, homemade cheeses and soaps. She also enjoys knitting, and is learning how to spin fibers and how to create a permaculture garden.

Contributing Writers

Kerstin Barker lives in Duvall, Washington, where she pursues creative writing and spiritual living. Kerstin prefers to be lost in wilderness or a child's imagination, dancing, or crooning a tune for anyone who will listen.

Kimberly Gallagher, M.Ed. and her husband, John, run a family business that helps people learn about herbs: LearningHerbs.com. Kimberly is also an herbal apprentice at RavenCroft Garden in Monroe, Washington. See www.familyherbalremedies.com for more of her herbal articles.

Cynthia Lair has taught whole-foods cooking at Bastyr University since 1994. She is the author of Feeding the Young Athlete and Feeding the Whole Family (a revised edition will be released by Sasquatch Books in January 2008). She also teaches for the University of Washington School of Nursing Complimentary Alternative Medicine program.

Helen Landalf is the author of seven published books, including the popular teacher's guide, "Movement Stories for Young Children." When she's not writing or editing, Helen can be found teaching Creative Dance to preschool children and Pilates to adults.

Dr. David Ramaley, N.D., D.C., D.A.C.N.B. has practiced naturopathy and chiropractic care in Seattle for more than 10 years and sees his role mainly as that of a health coach. Contact him at 206-306-7797 or www.seattlenaturalhealth.com.

Marie Richmond is a Licensed Massage Practitioner and a Certified NLP Practitioner. As a child, she wrote about a vicious jacket-eating deer that would steal into suburbia and prey on the coats of small children. Her current work strives to find the humor in life.

Susanne Wichert, MA, LMHC, Susanne's colorfully checkered past includes early childhood education and social work. She's also the author of a book called Keeping the Peace: Practicing Conflict Resolution with Preschoolers. Presently, Susanne continues a 12-year private practice as a psychotherapist in Monroe, Washington, where she works with children, adults and couples. She balances this with her other career as an artist and a parental unit to three children, one of whom has special needs. We welcome your questions on parenting, family matters and simply bringing more creativity and joy into your life. Please send your questions to: questions@polishingstone.org. For more details about Susanne's column, see: Got Questions?.

Illustration

Linda Englet: www.lindaenglet.com; and Harlene Frohnen (Issues from #17 on)

Amirra Malak - (Cover art for Issues #1-18) Amirra enjoys being both an artist and an art teacher and finds that each occupation enriches the other. Themes explored in her art are spiritual qualities of the natural world and elements of her mixed Egyptian American cultural heritage. www.freewebs.com/amirramalak

Lea Anne Burke - (Inside art for Issues #1-16) As a wilderness ranger, environmental consultant and salmon habitat rehabilitator, our interior illustrator for issues 1 through 16 happily slogged through forests, fens and rivers, until she decided that wasn't challenging enough. Now at home with her lovely daughters, Lora and Terra, she can often be found hiding under her bed.

Production

Web design/development by Jamie Shea, Shea Design, www.sheadesign.com

Copyediting by Helen Landalf, WordPlay, www.wordplayink.com

Magazine Layout by Minna Kim, Minspiration and Jamie Shea, Shea Design

Proofreading by John Groff and Julia Ceffalo

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