Bob Varga, Boyertown Area Multi-Service's new executive director, brings new energy and a lifetime of experience dedicated to enhancing health and well-being. As a fitness club owner and director of a YMCA, he brings a wealth of his entrepreneurial spirit to Boyertown to champion the mission and goals of Boyertown's prized non-profit. Along with exploring his "artistic journey," the episode reviews the many ways Boyertown's Multi-Service organization provides assistance to senior citizens and others in need of support or connections.

You must see Ruby Cooprider's artistry to fully appreciate it. Ruby owns and operates Nails by Rube's. Wearable art is how she describes her work. Working with nails started as a hobby and soon became a passion. She's board certified, was supported and encouraged by friends and family to open her own studio her book appointments a month in advance for her to turn their hands in storybooks. Find photos of her work on The Boyertown Area Expression (boyertownareaexpression.town.news).

Poets Phil Repko and John Yamrus share their "artistic journeys," their writing and publishing processes, their disparate styles, common themes, and their love of words. Both poets have newly-published books available on Amazon to share with fellow lovers of the written word. Phil's is entitled "Homestretch." John's is titled "seriously?" Love them both--the poets, the work, and the chance to visit with them in conversation about words.

Sorcha Smith saw herself on stage and continues to find "roles" to play--in local theatre AND as Youth Services Coordinator for the Boyertown Community Library. Sorcha follows the advice of those who urge finding a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life. Sorchaloves what she does and advocates for the library's many services and events.

Artist and teacher Sunny Finley tried a few different career paths and locations before dedicating her efforts to art and teaching in the Boyertown area. She brings her passion and a wide range of interests and skills to Studio B--offering art activities each second Saturday for young artists. Her artistic journey started on a farm in New Mexico, took a year-long detour to South Korea, then Colorado, and now home in PA. Sunny radiates warmth and energy worthy of her name.

Joe Swope has been writing all his life, and it is his life on the Pleasant Valley farm that motivated his first book and led him into his seventh published work--Sharpened Blade--based on the true story of indentured African American woman Dinah Clark. Joe shares his writer's journey following a career in public relations with insights into his motivation and techniques, and the process getting published.

In Jane Stahl's series discussing the literature that informed her life and career, she shares a play that she'd written for a graduate school slide show project featuring characters from a variety of the literature she taught in a class she developed titled "Man's Search for Meaning" in Colorado in the early 1970's. The main characters are Samuel Beckett's bums GoGo & DiDi from Waiting for Godot. They are visited by Franny from Salinger's Franny and Zooey, Emily from Thornton Wilder's Our Town, Sabina and Mr. Antrobus from Wilder's Skin of Our Teeth, Viktor Frankl from Man's Search for Meaning, Meursault from Camus' The Stranger. Each character has advice for the two misfits, advice Jane considered as she discovered herself.

Blackout Poetry, Rain Poetry, Haiku, Children's and Young Adult Books: Sara Bates is on a mission to find young people who have a passion to write and provide them a "home" and creative opportunities express themselves. A writer herself, Sara knows that a blank page is sometimes scary; just wait--she'll help you find the words.

BASH Senior Kailey Reinboth exudes passion and energy in sharing her involvement over seven years as a member of the Boyertown YMCA's Youth in Government (YAG) program, a telecommunications intern, volunteer with Building a Better Boyertown, and member of the swim team. With Kailey as an example, we can rest assured: the future will be in good hands starting now.

Starting a new business is always a challenge, one that Ben Mitton took on after a wide range of career experiences that prepared him to tackle handyman projects large and small. A client's satisfied smile when a job is complete motivates him, knowing that he's brought a vision to life--one that will bring his clients long-lasting joy. His advice: do your homework--get quotes. His goal: general contractor, managing the building process from start to finish. No doubt: he'll get there soon!