Allyson (Editorial Board) now calls the Cornbelt home, after thirty years in the mountainous west. She lives in South Bend, Indiana, with her husband Bryan and their five children. An historian by training, she spends the bulk of her time writing non-history and trying to keep the home front intact.
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allysonsmith After seven years in Indiana (and very nearly obtaining honorary midwesterner status), Allyson and her husband moved back west with their five children who can talk and one six-day old infant who cannot. They now reside in Colorado, as close to the mountains as the edge of the city will allow. Allyson loves quiet (but rarely gets it), reading (but has trouble following the storyline without the quiet), and anything that takes her uphill. Originally trained as an historian, she now spends the bulk of her time writing non-history and trying to keep the homefront intact. She co-blogs with a friend at www.shapeofaspoon.blogspot.com.
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Andrea R. Andrea is the proud mother of three sons aged 8, 5, and 3. She and her husband Chris live in Orlando FL where she teaches Microbiology at Valencia Community College. In addition to racing after her 3 young sons, Andrea also loves training for and racing in triathlons.
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Angela grew up in Utah, then moved to Minnesota, then came back to Utah, then packed up her husband and four kids and moved to Minnesota--again!-- in the summer of 2010. Although she loves the Land of 10,000 Lakes, she dearly misses Slurpees, Sunday dinners at her Mom's house, and eating a whole entire Cafe Rio pork salad while lunching with her Utah-based Segullah sisters. And yes, she finds it telling that everything she misses about her hometown is somehow related to food. She has an BA in English from BYU, an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University, and has taught writing to high school and college students.
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Web site: http://www.angelahallstrom.com/
Angie (Advisory board) loves fresh raspberries, the smell of rain, and music from the 80s. She is married to her high school sweetheart and spends her time homeschooling their six children and taking care of their two acre spread. She has a bachelor's degree in English and a master's in social work from the University of Utah.
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Annie W. loves laughing, ideas, books, travel, writing, movies, music, and teaching. She's a mother of three, spouse to G, writer of things, PhD student, sister, daughter, and lucky friend living in Boston.
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Web site: http://basic-joy.com
Ashley Dickson is a Virginia native now living in Boston. She graduated from BYU with degrees in broadcast journalism and home and family living, then spent three years writing and editing for magazines. She's now working as an editor for a financial research firm while freelance writing and obtaining her master's degree in library and information science. Ashley is happiest when she’s reading at the beach, sweating at the gym, or eating crepes in Paris.
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Brooke is attempting inner om with this writing stuff. Proud to claim three loud children, a patient husband and a fat black cat as family, she feels blessed to be their mommy-- their giver of kisses and baker of cookies. She is ever seeking a good novel and wishing for the sand between her toes, palm trees, the ocean.
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Web site: http://brookebenton.blogspot.com
Carina Carina wants to know why we need to sleep. Do you know how many more things Carina could get done if she didn't have to sleep? Sure, there is her husband, two boys, a full time tech product manager job, a household to run, crafting of all sorts, world traveling, collecting obscure bits of knowledge, and some serious baking to do. However, if Carina could only cut out sleeping, she could significantly increase the amount of time spent doing everything else (except laundry.) Carina is happy to keep her rarely used bed in Provo, the Florence of the American West, where she once upon a time received a degree in History and European Studies from BYU.
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Web site: http://www.jetsetcarina.blogspot.com/
Catherine Catherine Matthews Pavia has worked as a cherry sorter, file girl, piano teacher, writer, editor, and college professor. She currently works full-time as the art director, events planner, chauffeur, and referee for her 3 children, ages 7, 5, and 1, and part-time teaching writing at ASU. She spends a good deal of her time running—be it down the supermarket aisle after an escaped child, around the living room in a heated game of flag football, or on early-morning runs/therapy sessions with her neighborhood friends. She earned her BA and MA in English from BYU and her PhD in English from UMass Amherst.
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Web site: http://bluestockingmama.blogspot.com/
Catherine A. Catherine A. is a mother of five small children five and under including two sets of twins. She and her husband spent nearly eight years in Northern Virginia, but now call Utah home. She reviews books for Meridian Magazine, writes for Power of Moms, dabbles in poetry and works on the prose editorial staff for Segullah. She blogs about her wild and precious life @ www.wildnprecious.com.
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c jane/Courtney K. The sixth of nine children, Courtney grew up starving for attention. As an adult she enjoys her weekend job as a wedding singer, being part-time manager of her husband's acting career, and getting people to talk about themselves. She isn't really a wedding singer but she'd love to be one someday.
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Web site: http://cjanerun.blogspot.com
Dalene began blogging as a legitimate way to avoid housework and to keep a journal of sorts. In her other life she wants to be excellent at a number of things, but in this one she's settling for baking a mean sour cream lemon pie, keeping most of the points on her
quilt blocks in line, being a loyal friend and aspiring to moments of
goodness as a wife and mother.
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Web site: http://www.compulsivewriter.com
Emily M. Emily M. graduated from BYU in Comparative Literature, but it was long enough ago that most of what she learned has leaked out. She would like to mention other hobbies or interests, but to be honest she spends most of her free time reading (although she does enjoy attempting yoga). She used to blog at hearingvoices.wordpress.com. For now, though, Segullah is her only blogging home, and it's a good one.
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Frances
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Hannah I grew up in California, went to school in Texas, married a man from Florida, and we're now living in Oklahoma. While I'm not working as a reporter at our local newspaper, I'm blogging, creating art or enjoying time with my husband. I thoroughly agree with Kermit the Frog that the three greatest gifts to the world are babies, ice cream and laughter -- in that order.
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Web site: http://hmocruz.blogspot.com
Heather O. Heather O. lives in the south with her husband, her two kids, and her wiggly black lab. She is a licensed speech language pathologist, but spends most of her days trying to teach her own kids how to say please and thank you. She is a member of the Segullah Editorial Board, and is the founding member of the blog Mormon Mommy Wars.
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Web site: http://www.mormonmommmywars.com
Heather H. (Editorial Board), originally from Orem Utah, now resides in the center of the world, New York City. On days she can't get in a proper bit of exercise she's glad she gets to carry her strollered son up and down subway stairs, while making sure her daughter stops at every corner and holds the railing while maneuvering those same steps. Heather earned a BA in English Teaching from Brigham Young University and put her husband, Matt, through his graduate acting program by teaching Middle School English in Texas for three years. Now she "stays home"? with her kids, writes a lot of first drafts, teaches preschool, falls asleep reading, and loves cooking (especially when she's alone).
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Jennie was born and raised in Detroit, but is happy to call Austin, TX home now. She majored in Art History and Geography at BYU and graduated a week before having her first baby. There have been five more babies since then. Jennie is an avid baker and tries to fatten up the people she loves. After years of "Mommy this", "Mommy that" Jennie is delighted to finally be waking her brain up for some other use.
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Web site: http://beehiveandbirdsnest.blogspot.com/
Jennifer B. (Editorial Board) lives in southern California where she was raised. She loved attending BYU and in 1993 she graduated with a BA in English Teaching. A week after graduation, she married her best friend, Andrew. Together they have seven children. Most of her days are dedicated to caring for family and the attempt to tame clutter and chaos. Jennifer adores good books, interesting conversation, and tasty food which explains why she eagerly awaits book club each month.
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Web site: http://goingbarefoot.blogspot.com
Jenny Whitcomb Jenny grew up in a family of numberless children in a home with a revolving front door. She is a twin, but had her six children one at a time. She married a charming engineer who endears himself to her with his bad shirts, endless flattery and tendency to fashion replacement shoelaces out of rope. Jenny yearns for clutter free spaces touted in magazines, but lives in a home with piles in every room. In that rare bit of free time, you'll find her in the garden, on the beach or behind a book with a stash of chocolate.
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Web site: http://jennysdailyblessings.blogspot.com/
Jessie Christensen Jessie graduated from BYU with bachelor's degrees in Spanish Translation and English, as well as a master's in Spanish Literature. She works part-time as a librarian, part-time as an English instructor at a local college, and full-time as a mother to her three children.
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Web site: http://foxyj.blogspot.com
Johnna (web design/website management) Johnna doesn't post often. She contributes to the blog by installing upgrades, keeping our sidebars up to date, and making the header banners that match our current issue. Except that during 2010 she's on sabbatical.
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Justine D. (Managing Editor) is a mother to five children, and has a husband lodged somewhere (probably in the den). She is not very fond of speaking of herself in third person.
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Web site: http://segullah.org
Karen I live in Wichita where I am pursuing a master's in aging studies when I'm not chasing my two kids or supporting my husband, a writer and university administrator. I enjoy going to the gym, shopping at Goodwill and participating in book club. I like to cook, but I too often get busy with something related to reading and writing and ask my family to forage for food.
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Web site: http://thegenerationaboveme.blogspot.com/
Kathryn P. Kathryn P. earned her BA and MA at BYU. Kathryn shared her love of writing with students for over a decade, but retired to pursue her love of family. She enjoys being the token empty nester on the Segullah staff.
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Kathryn Soper (Editor) grew up in Silver Spring, MD. When she headed for BYU in 1989, she vowed to remain untouched by campus culture, but had to recant when she married her home teacher, Reed. After earning her English degree, Kathy began a fruitful mothering career. Her seven human births have been the most momentous experiences of her life, but she's also enjoyed her part in giving birth to this journal. She lives with her crazy family in South Jordan, Utah.
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Web site: http://kathrynlynardsoper.com
Kellie Kellie lives way on the other side of the planet in her native Australia and gives thanks for the internet regularly. She loves books, her boys, panna cotta, collecting words, being a redhead and not putting things in order of importance when listing items. She credits writing at selwynssanity.blogspot.com as a major contributing factor to surviving her life with sanity mostly intact, though her (in)sanity level is subject to change without warning.
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Leslie Leslie Graff (Blog Co-Editor) In her pre-diapering days, Leslie earned an MS in Marriage and Family Studies from BYU. This entitled her to mold the minds of impressionable college students in rambling 6 hour lecture courses and travel the world as child life specialist. She now passes the seasons in a quaint Massachusetts town with her husband, Allen, and three young sons. She spends her days encouraging play, championing global causes, and whipping up a mean R2D2 cake. She savors her nights, stealing away to her studio to paint.
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Web site: http://www.smartmama.blogspot.com/
Linda
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Lisa G. Lisa is Segullah's Poetry Editor. She is mother to six and grandmother to eight and lives on five forested acres in the Pacific Northwest.
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Maralise (Art Director, Journal) graduated from BYU in Humanities and History, currently works as a freelance photographer, and lives in Austria. She is on leave from Virginia Commonwealth University and likes to call herself a student no matter how far away she is from her last (or next!) degree. She has two small children, each of whom took a piece of her sanity and a husband who has to deal with what is left. She loves to read, paint the walls (anyone's walls) very bright colors, and wants to figure out how to have it all, one day at a time. She also blogs at Reluctant Nomad.
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Web site: http://www.mlphotodesign.com/blog
Marintha
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Melissa Y. (Assistant Editor) is a native of Utah and currently resides in Mapleton with her husband and four children. She graduated from BYU with a degree in communication studies and a music minor. She loves to dabble and knows a little about a lot of things but not a lot about anything.
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Melissa Dalton-Bradford
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Melissa M Melissa M. grew up in Australia and California and now lives in Provo, Utah with her husband, four children, and their dog, Daisy. She served a mission in Peru and has a BA and MA in English from BYU. She loves reading, writing, and quiet afternoons. She does not love grocery shopping. Now that two of her children attend BYU and her youngest children are in high school and junior high, she is trying to adjust to this "emptying nest" stage and still wondering how it snuck up on her so fast.
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Melonie When not out on errands, Melonie lives in a small white house with a bearded husband, one bagpiper, one Spelling Bee champion, one Irish dancer, and one "Angry Birds" addict. They call her "Sweetheart" or "Mom." She is pleased with both titles. She received her M.Ed from the University of Utah and has taught school and writing classes. She has lived in El Salvador, Italy, and Germany, but her favorite place is a hidden spot in the Uintahs. She has had too many strange hobbies and interests over the years to list here, but she is currently into inventing recipes and looking for a different house to live in than the small white one. She blogs at www.meloniesmind.blogspot.com when something funny happens to her, which she wishes was more often.
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Michelle L. 0Michelle Lehnardt (Blog Co-Editor) never folds laundry and her car is a mess. She runs through the streets of Salt Lake City, UT, takes lots of photos, plays Uno with her 5 fabulous boys and buys way too many dresses for the little princess. Her husband is the most romantic man in the world because he does all the Costco shopping AND hauls it into the house (sorry to make you jealous girls). She writes at Scenes from the Wild.
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Web site: http://www.scenesfromthewild.blogspot.com
Rosalyn Rosalyn Eves currently lives in Southern Utah with her husband and two small children, where she teaches writing part-time at the local university. She has a BA in English from BYU, and an MA and PhD (also in English) from Penn State. She served a mission in the Hungary Budapest mission. In her spare time (what's that?) she likes to read, write, try new recipes (as long as she doesn't have to clean up), watch movies with her husband (British period drama is her favorite), go for walks, and generally avoid anything that resembles housework.
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Web site: http://anequivalentcentreofself.blogspot.com/
Sandra Sandra recently moved to Texas by way of Baltimore and San Francisco and is adjusting to life in the suburbs. She loves sunlight, color, and expensive dark chocolate. She devours cookbooks like novels and writes a bit at www.section89.com.
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Sarita
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Shelah Shelah Miner (Features Editor) doesn't know how to say "no." That's why she's training for another marathon, going to school at BYU full-time (working toward an MFA in creative writing), teaching college English part-time, throwing together a Sharing Time, writing a blog post, and trying to get a batch of cookies in the oven before the kids get home from school. If you ask her to write an article or bring dinner to someone, she'll be sure to say "yes" to that too. She and her husband Ed live in Salt Lake City with their four kids.
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