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Minneapolis-based copy editor PAULA APFELBACH enjoys nature and bodies of water – as you do in Door County – but her broader vistas are cityscapes.

ERICA BOUSKA was the 2022 Arts and Entertainment intern for the Peninsula Pulse and is now a senior at the University of Minnesota. Writer and editor MYLES DANNHAUSEN JR. has been searching out stories for Door County Living since 2005. In this issue, he explores Horseshoe Island and helps to tell the story of the Hatch family with Erica Bouska.

JESS FARLEY is a sales manager for Door County Living and the Peninsula Pulse. Food is her passion, and practicing creativity in the kitchen is her happy place – preferably when paired with good company, great music and a full-bodied cabernet.

TOM GROENFELDT of Sturgeon Bay writes about financial technology for Forbes.com and The Financial Brand in addition to writing profiles of Door County artists for the Peninsula Pulse

GRACE JOHNSON is the assistant editor for Door County Living and the Peninsula Pulse When not working, she can be found at home, curled up with a thick fantasy book and her cat, Rain.

BEN JONES is a Madison-based travel and outdoors writer and photographer. He grew up in Sister Bay, and while he works with organizations in many communities, his heart is in Door County.

ANDREW KLEIDON is the creative director for the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living When he’s not in the o ce, he’s hanging with his wife; their Yorkie; their son, Oliver; and their daughter, Lily.

When BRETT KOSMIDER isn’t wandering o into the wilds, he usually has a camera in front of his face taking photographs or video. He’s a co-founder and the creative director of Peninsula Filmworks.

Peninsula Pulse photographer and videographer RACHEL LUKAS is getting more familiar with the county with every shoot.

Since the passing of her husband, Roy, in 2016, CHARLOTTE LUKES writes to fulfill his mission to help educate and inspire readers to learn, care for and protect our native species and the natural world.

BECKY KAGAN SCHOTT is a five-time Emmy Award–winning underwater cameraperson, photographer and technical diving instructor whose work appears on major networks and in numerous publications. She co-owns Liquid Productions and specializes in capturing imagery in extreme underwater environments. Outdoors enthusiast CRAIG STERRETT of Egg Harbor has more than three decades of journalism experience and a passion for the links.

SAM WATSON is a reporter for the Peninsula Pulse. The 2022 UW-Madison graduate lives in Sister Bay with her partner and two cats, Desmond and Penny. When she’s not writing, she likes to cook and watch horror movies.