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-Will Estes lives outside Atlanta with his children and one very opinionated cat. He plays classical guitar and listens to country music. His favorite season is soup season. The mark by the site name is traced from a piece of petrified root wood he keeps on his desk — about as close to a mission statement as he's written down.
+Will Estes lives outside Atlanta with his children and one very opinionated cat. He plays classical guitar and listens to country music. His favorite season is soup season. The mark by the site name is traced from a piece of petrified root wood he keeps on his desk.