I was a colleague of Darryl Aftel for over twenty years and attended a memorial held for him on March 8, 2020, at the Sutton Middle School. All came to celebrate his contribution to special education instruction, athletics, and Northside / North Atlanta High School’s...

I only met Andy Beard three times so maybe it’s questionable why I am honoring his life with a memorial web page and publication of his book of poems, Never Catch a Butterfly. Regardless, Andy gave me his handwritten book of poems to read and he died before I could...

My son Sasha Heller, a newspaper designer and journalist, has lived in Denver, Colorado since August 2018. Sasha and I are standing in front of Chris Lanter’s smoker eyeing delicious briskets to be sliced up in his Home Team BBQ restaurant in Aspen, Colorado. We’ll...