Story and Photos Tom Truty Web Feature Sponsor Art of Compassion Originally published in Driftwood Issue One Surely you’ve heard about the April 2015 earthquake that devastated Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and the surrounding area. I took my trip to Kopan Monastery, just up the hill from the Kathmandu city center, before the quake, but I’ve stayed in communication with residents at the monastery, and the news could be worse. While you probably imagine a leveled, blacked-out ci

Story Ahimsa Kerp Photos Helen Feliciano-Bailey and Ahimsa Kerp Originally published in Driftwood Issue One Preorder Driftwood Issue Two The smiling Korean grandmother handed me a bowl of steaming broth. Lacking a common language, she suggested slurping from the bowl. It was clear what she expected. It was equally clear that there were tentacles bobbing in the liquid. I didn’t have the Korean language skills to begin to explain why I couldn’t eat their soup, or their galbi, o

Story and Photos Holly Feral Web Feature sponsor GoodBites Originally published in Driftwood Issue One In 2007, TJ Tumasse kissed his mother good-bye. He got in his four-wheel-drive truck and blasted “Wherever I May Roam” by Metallica as he drove off toward his new life as an undercover investigator of factory farms. You’re likely familiar with TJ’s work. From 2007 to 2013, he embedded himself in 16 factory slaughterhouses across the U.S. Footage from his hidden cameras has b