Sherry Thomas

THE SURREAL WORLD

Her instagram posts are light as air. Breezy. Take for example, an entry from late October—a quick take she calls “Camera roll lately,” featuring fashionably curated snaps from the world of a woman whose career is to, as her bio says, “overshare.” It’s a modern, still-life tableau that features … in this order … rich

ODE TO JOYTIME

The rules were simple, but golden. “Never hurt anyone on the outside. Never hurt anyone on the inside.” Most importantly, “In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” And it was these principles that guided Joytime, the little neighborhood school that Lake Forest College alumni Joy and Earle Hodgen opened in 1953. It

EYE FOR DESIGN

Grace Millar’s love of design took her from the North Shore to New York City, where she is now a senior graphic artist for the luxury skin care brand, La Mer. She has built quite an impressive resume since graduating from the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) five years ago, working on graphic

LONG JOURNEY HOME

Like any good story, the journey that brought Keaton and Molly Kristick to Lake Forest includes a few plot twists. The couple had just started dating mere months before they’d each be faced with some major life decisions. Both were set to move from Lincoln, Nebraska— potentially in opposite directions. Keaton, a former San Francisco

GREAT IMAGINATIONS

We know he grew up in Philly. Always wanted to be writer; can’t remember exactly when or how it all started though. Could have been junior year in high school when “an inspired teacher assigned Robert Penn Warren’s All the Kings Men.” Maybe. We know he published a short story in1988 about a guy becoming

MANOR BORN

For the next 24 hours, you will be addressed as English nobility. In this case, a Lady, but Lord is another option, or perhaps Duke or Countess. And as perplexing as that might sound, when you’ve just checked in to the Deer Path Inn—noshing on a delicious cake left just for you, reviewing a decadent

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