Sorry to interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast, folks. I need your help. I’m very grateful to my contributors to date. But I’m still seeking contributions from a few states. If you know anyone who might have been born in the following states, would you please contact me, or have them contact me?

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Delaware
• Hawaii
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Mississippi
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Dakota
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Wyoming

Man. That’s more states than I thought I was missing.

In other news: I’m in the planning stages for the next project in definingplace. I’m planning to begin by asking past contributors to contribute again to a different prompt. (No pressure, and I don’t send a bunch of emails; it’s just me over here, no automatons.) But of course new contributors are enthusiastically welcomed. If you’re interested, always, just shoot me a line: julia@definingplace.com.

Thanks for stopping by, and for your contributions & comments. Next week we’ll be back on track with a picture representing Illinois.