This episode is an invitation into memory and learning to navigate the world as it shifts.

To sit, to be with, to get to know. That takes time. Thank you for giving me yours.

A note: you will hear slip-ups in this episode. This is the practice of not being perfect and of letting the conversation be what it is. Always Welcome is a living, breathing thing. Thank you for your grace and being with me in the practice of understanding.

For the history of St. Margaret's Hall and Trinity School visit:
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Supported by a FY26 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant.  

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This is where it starts.

In the first full episode of Always Welcome: A Social Arts Salon, Mallorie Kris Greene Kristoffersen arrives with her whole self -- the skin on her face, the voice that got too loud, the whisper she conditioned herself into, and the invitation back to full volume.

This episode is dedicated to her grandmother, Sylvia Ann Cofield, and to all the conversations we never got to have with the people we love.

Part life journey. Part community investigation. Rooted in Howard County, Maryland.

If you have ever felt like you were living your life at a whisper, this one is for you.

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Supported by a FY26 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant.  

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Pull up a chair -- or take a walk with me.

Always Welcome is a community podcast rooted in Howard County, Maryland. Each episode, host Mallorie Kris Greene Kristoffersen journeys across the county connecting with social practitioners, business owners, and local residents -- asking the question at the heart of it all: what does belonging and community mean for you?

Recorded at Lake Elkhorn, Columbia, MD.

Supported by a FY26 Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant.  

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