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And Then What Happened

Wendy Reid Crisp Lestina

In my ninth decade, looking back and stumbling forward--from a village in Northern California to L.A., New York, Portland, to a village in Minnesota--and home again, to the room where I was four.

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  • Wendy Reid Crisp Lestina

    60 years as magazine editor, writer, ghost writer, doc film director, newspaper columnist, airbnb/hipcamp host, cook, radio show host & anything I could hustle when there were bills to be paid. Village born/LA-NY career/farm final chapter.

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