Gate Keepers
Founder, Editor-in-Chief
Vicki Goldston
This Issue: Patience!
The Beauty of Bonsai: Catching Up with Clark Mueller, PhD.
Copy Editor
Lois Crabtree

Core Contributors
Sarin Basley
Dr.Joyce Brown
Patience: Balancing the Odds with Optimism
Garden Spices Author’s Corner
Dr. Robert Gerard
The Virtue of Patience
Julies Gibs
Caribbean Kitchen: Julies Cooks Caribbean Thanksgiving
Janis Gipson
Mi Casa Su Casa: New Venture for Janis Gipson
M. LaRae
Susan Peters
Tekla A. Syers
Rev. Dr. Robert Yarbrough
Guest Contributors
Jonathan Kwegiry Aggrey
Telling Stories: Jonathan Kwegiry Aggrey
Jonathan Cain
From These Threads: Cotton Culture @ Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, (October1 – Novemeber 12)
Jacques P. Jackson
Artist, Jacques P. Jackson: Building Human Stories
Charlie Johnson

Chiari Malformation: How It Changed My Life
Carol Landry
Aria Lott
Tucker Lott
Your Choice…Build a Legacy…Each Morning…: Soul of Santa Steps Into Something New
Frank Malaba
Autumn Is Here
Clark Mueller, PhD.
The Beauty of Bonsai: Catching Up with Clark Mueller
Oluwwageson Adeogun Owa
Wearable Art Oluwageson Adeogun Owa
Wayne Sides
Stepping Stones: Wayne Sides – An Artist Working
Sena Tues
Art of Our Times: Sena Tues