CONTRIBUTORS

Copy editor PAULA APFELBACH does her thing remotely from Minneapolis. Words are glorious, wherever you go.

SALLY COLLINS lives in Sturgeon Bay with her photographer husband, 2-yearold daughter and cuddly cat. Her board book, Door County Animals, written for the littlest of locals and tourists, will be released this summer.

Writer and editor MYLES DANNHAUSEN JR. has been searching out stories for Door County Living since 2005. In this issue he takes on the arduous task of cocktail sampling as he helps readers rediscover vermouth.

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 special issues editor and a book nerd. Her overweight cat and a floppy paperback bring her much joy; her favorite word is “petrichor.”

Whatever chair creative director ANDREW KLEIDON sits in for the Peninsula Pulse, he’s always having a blast. When he’s not in the office, he’s hanging with his wife, Yorkie and son Oliver, and eagerly awaiting baby number two.

When BRETT KOSMIDER isn’t wandering off into the wilds, he usually has a camera in front of his face taking photographs or, as a co-founder and the creative director of Peninsula Filmworks, is producing videos about the people and places of Door County.

When not writing for the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living, SARA RAE LANCASTER splits her time between writing about the people and places of Door County, and operating OneEighty Petals Flower Farm in Fish Creek with her husband, John; son, Jack; and daughter Evangeline.

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

Since her husband Roy’s passing 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.

JENNIFER MUCH is a freelance writer who resides in the Fox Cities of Wisconsin with her husband, Corey; and their two children, Katelyn and Lucas. Door County is their second home.

CHRIS RUGOWSKI is a photojournalist from Green Bay who captured the scene of a benefit for Butch’s Bar in Sturgeon Bay, which burned down last winter.

JUSTIN SKIBA is a Sevastopol educator who lives in Sturgeon Bay with his wife, Stephanie; and daughters, Delaney and Amelia.

Outdoors enthusiast CRAIG STERRETT of Egg Harbor has more than three decades of journalism experience and a passion for the links. In this issue he discovers the people who designed the county’s golf courses.

Since 1992, PATTY WILLIAMSON and her husband, Howard, have enjoyed spring, summer and fall in their cottage on Kangaroo Lake. Her passion for local history takes her to the story of Doc Eames, Egg Harbor’s country doctor.