8 m a s s a g e & b o d y w o r k j u l y / a u g u s t 2 0 1 5
Ruth Werner's
days are rich—
between writing,
walking dogs on
the shoreline,
and splashing
in color and
fabric. Her
hand-dyed quilts
hang from her
walls, and bowls
of beach-born agates are on every
table. So even when it's raining,
Ruth is always on the water.
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Michael Shea
lives in his
mango grove
in Florida with
more than 14
varieties of
exotic mangoes.
He plans to
retire and make
gelato and
sorbet. See his
YouTube video "How to Eat a Mango"
(https://youtu.be/1IxZlnKfKJs) and
learn how to make his wife's famous
mango-tango salad dressing.
contributors
A casually
competitive
triathlete
since 2011,
Felicia
Brown
spends some
of her free
moments
training
for events.
Since her fi rst triathlon, she's
improved enough to actually call
her time in the water "swimming"
instead of "not drowning" and has
a new goal of learning a fl ip turn.
