http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_724_Saving_Liz_Lovely.mp3 Liz and Dan Holtz's vegan cookie company - and their marriage - survives tough times. Also: A woman rediscovers her art after years away from it. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_724_Saving_Liz_Lovely.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_724_Saving_Liz_Lovely.mp3 <h4>Saving Liz Lovely<br /></h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/1fb95ce7ac0b917fcb669ff488b335a5" alt="Dan and Liz Holtz" height="100" width="100" />Dan and Liz Holtz</p><p>Last year, Liz and Dan Holtz were wondering if their vegan cookie company would survive the economic downturn. Liz and Dan had expanded their business and took on debt in order to do it. But sales were half what they expected, and with loans to pay, the business trouble began hurting their marriage. They considered walking away from the bakery - and each other.</p><p>But Liz and Dan's story has a happy ending. Liz and Dan tell Dick Gordon how they turned around their company and reconnected as a couple. These days, Liz Lovely is growing. </p><ul><li>Learn more about <a href="http://www.lizlovely.com/" target="_self">Liz Lovely Cookies </a></li></ul><h4><p><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a></p>Rediscovering Her Art</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/58773d5d3e35840abcefaf81c9fb763a" alt="Tari-Swenson-PHOTO.jpg" height="100" width="100" />Tari Swenson</p><p>Tari Swenson gave up calligraphy the evening she used up her rice paper trying to telegraph her favorite quote. Frustrated by not being able to control the calligraphy brush just how she wanted, she ended up hating all the pieces she'd made. Tari stacked them up and put them in the attic. Twenty-four years later, after a devastating house fire, Tari returned to her family home to take in the damage. What she found was something else. Tari describes the discovery that rekindled her spirit and love of calligraphy.</p><p>"The main thing is to feel emotion, to hope, to love, to quiver, to live."<br /> </p><ul><li>See examples of Tari's <a href="http://www.tariswenson.com/" target="_self">calligraphy</a></li></ul><p><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a></p><br /><br /> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:00:00