Gwen Handler and her husband live on the Hill Farm outside of Westminster with a flock of Leicester Longwool Sheep, a Norwegian Fjord pony and a pair of mini donkeys. She is chairperson of the prestigious Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival and taught weaving, photography and ceramics at the Sandy Springs Friends School for 39 years. She has traveled with students extensively through the U.K. and now retired, prefers to stay closer to the farm and her vast network of friends.

Photo credit: Susan Ruddick Bloom