Heather Shayne Blakeslee reminds us that we have nonhuman kin // We recommend sheep squeezing at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm where PA Dutch farming is alive and well // We explore interspecies music and check in with artist Josh Dorman // Explore books that help us understand our evolutionary history, our fungal and plant kith and kin and why friendship matters // Artist Eric Battle takes on Revolutionary history in a new book about Abel Benson // Edna St. Vincent Millay writes about taxes and friendship // Philip Lindsay on ancient methods for a new democracy // Lisa Grunberger analyses what makes a family and a mother// Artist Shawn Theodore on how his daughter healed him // Chief Illustrator Christopher Clark Spencer tells a tale about his Grandma’s favorite ride // Artist Elizabeth Bergeland talks about her latest show and why she wants you to write her a letter // We pull back the covers on Anne Buckwalter’s quilt-like work and her quest to make sex more sane // Artist Sarah Detweiler on her latest show “UnMasquerade” and giving herself some grace //