This article about a busy bee, updated for 2014, was originally published on May 2, 2012. Enjoy! Ben Gardner’s day might sound oddly bucolic for a small business owner in New Haven. Sunrise often finds him in his backyard, collecting chicken eggs and tending to his homemade coop. He might spend the remainder of the […]
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A Hive Mind
Ben Gardner’s day might sound oddly bucolic for an area resident and business owner. On a recent Thursday, sunrise found him in his backyard, collecting chicken eggs and tending to his homemade coop. He spent the remainder of the morning planting a garden landscape in Fairhaven, and then headed out to check on a half […]
Decon Mission
Joe DiRisi is not the easiest guy to photograph. As I followed him through his warehouse full of salvaged materials, trying to snap a portrait, we passed rows of cast iron bathtubs, typewriters, laboratory cabinets, windows, and lumber. Joe simply cannot stand still. The man is on a mission: to elevate something called “deconstruction” – […]
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