THE HOME ISSUE #50

Table Of Contents

features

6    BIG APPLE FRITTER

    Heather Philpot never thought she would end up a housewife in

    the deep south...and love it. 

8    TRANSPLANTS

      Sarah Elizabeth Schantz explores the legends and

       mysticism of her home in the Smokey Mountains.

10  WITHOUT WALLS

      Rachel Galindo writes about her experience of home

       from inside the prison system.

12  MY PLACENTA, MY SELF

       Sharon Chatkupt Lee finds herself more grounded in

       motherhood and sense of self through saving her

       placenta. 

 

14  MY ANNIE

      Barbara Campbell writes about raising her daughter

       with Down Syndrome in the 1960s.

 

16  WHEN QUEER ISN’T CLEAR

       Caroline Wood experiences a unique form of culture

       shock while living in Nepal with her family.  

18  THREE ACRES OF FOOD AND FAMILY

       Laurel Ripple Carpenter is an anarchist feminist

       raising her daughter (and other animals) on the family

       farm. 

20  FOUND

       Kia Monteverde shares her story of overcoming

       houselessness and creating a new home.

22  ONE DAY AT A TIME

      Kezia Willingham experiences the challenges and

       blessings of Section 8 and how losing it brings her

       family back to together.

24  CREATING HOME

       Leslie Richman feels at home when she recalls the

       “good ol’ days” with a special friend.

25  THE NUT HOUSE

       Hope Svenson and the rest of her housemates all

       get knocked up at the same time.

  

26  HOME IS WHERE THE CAR IS PARKED

      Dani Burlison hears wolves, the sounds of the wild

       as she and her children fall asleep at night.

         columns & departments

3    EDITOR’S TRIP

4    HIP MAMA NEWS

28  REVIEWS

      Make Your Place  ~ Chelsea Rose

       Celebrate People’s History~ Victoria Law and

        Siu Loong Law Englander

30  POETRY by

        Niki Escobar

        N. A’Yara Stein

        Shannon Winward

          

    INSIDE COVER & 32 

      The Life and Times of Malady

       by Kirsten Stone