As you might know, I have podcast conversations regularly. You know, being a podcast producer and host and such. Only occasionally am I a guest on someone else’s podcast. A few months ago, however, I was a guest on Ryan Short’s CivicBrand podcast, “Eyes on the Street.” I was invited Read more…
Overview: Lewis Lee struggled to stay out of prison when he was a young man, and then to find life purpose once he did. Now, he’s a community leader, facilitator and mentor, a voice for social justice, and the Milwaukee-based curator of the Shared Studios Portal in the neighborhood where Read more…
Overview: Lucas Krump is CEO and co-founder of Evryman, a social enterprise that is cultivating a global men’s community, and is helping men to connect and to hone their emotional skills together. We get into Lucas’ personal journey. From growing up in Kansas and learning largely to support himself at a Read more…
Long before Steve Wood founded Concrete Couch in Colorado Springs, Colo., he was a rock-climbing artist, hands-on and heart-centered, an optimist willing to risk failure. He connected the dots of his personal passions. Leading the 15-year-old arts and education organization that is Concrete Couch, Steve brings together the wise and the Read more…
I recently shared the story of Humanitou in PechaKucha style at the annual MACnificent fundraiser for the Manitou Art Center. I was one of 10 presenters sharing stories of humanness, creativity, community. PechaKucha is a 20 x 20 presentation format. It uses 20 images that show for 20 seconds each. Read more…
Lu LaVallie and Luke Cissell are in their LuStyle Local Goods shop on an off day, tending to odds and ends. Their baby boy, Arrow, sleeps in his carrier seat nearby. The occasional local raps on the window and pokes his head in. Their “little house of Ruxton” is Manitou Read more…
The mountains and waters of Manitou Springs make an impression on visitors, whether stopping in for an afternoon or a lifetime. For many of us, they play daily feel-good roles as we field life’s ups and downs of health and wealth, family and fortunes. Such is the case for Ken Read more…
Update: Create Cafe closed in May 2018, nine months after this conversation. Yet the history, heart and craft of chef Lyn Harwell continues. So, this story lives on. An Ohio farm boy by way of New Orleans. A chef with hands in the soil that breathes life into the kitchen, Read more…
I saw her gait bending left ahead of me on the sidewalk, as if she were walking around an invisible obstacle. A thin older woman on an early-morning walk through downtown Manitou Springs. She wore a wide-brimmed hat. Her wobble brought her into my path. I was running back from Read more…
Since starting Humanitou, I’ve been collecting suggestions of who I should talk with in Manitou Springs, who I should profile for the blog. One name came up in at least three independent conversations within the first week or two: Rockey. In two of those conversations, C.H. Rockey was described as Read more…
More. It was time. Sara Berry and Anna Papini, the sister-duo behind Anna’s Apothecary in downtown Manitou Springs, Colorado, had been in business for two years. They’d tapped the full flavor of farmers markets and self-hosted events at Sara’s house. The quarter-acre herb garden in Sara’s yard was not enough Read more…
Aromas varyingly thick, subtle, and just-there curl through the kitchen at Anna’s Apothecary. So do passions and convictions, laughs and anecdotes. “The other day a construction worker came in,” says Sara Berry. “He was dared by the other guys (working on Cañon Avenue in front of the shop) to come Read more…