Candice Dyer

Georgia

Writer at Freelance

Scribbler, adventuress. Writer at Large for Atlanta magazine. Historian of music from Middle Georgia

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Articles

Gwinnett DA Patsy Austin-Gatson implements programs to aid youths

3 weeks ago | ajc.com | Candice Dyer

“Know your boundaries. Show respect. Never back-sass or berate.” Like countless other Black parents, Patsy Austin-Gatson has emphatically had “the talk” with each of her three children about how to interact with law enforcement to avoid police brutality and incarceration. It would be more than embarrassing, after all, if one of them turned up in her courtroom.
Atlanta paleontologist and painter find love at Emory Village

1 month ago | ajc.com | Candice Dyer

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Tony Martin’s job is the dream of many children: He is a dinosaur hunter. The professor of paleontology at Emory University was part of the team that discovered the first known dinosaur burrow. It held the remains of a previously unknown “rhea-like” bipedal creature that lived 95 million years ago.
Avondale Estates Garden Club

2 months ago | georgiatrend.com | Candice Dyer

"We're not just a bunch of little old white ladies," says Patricia Calcagno, president of the Avondale Estates Garden Club, which prides itself on its diverse roll of women, men and LGBTQ+ couples varying in age from their 20s to their 80s. "We're out there, in every sense of the word.
Getting Past Upheaval

Feb 11, 2025 | superlawyers.com | Candice Dyer

Esther Vayman's path to family law went through the CDC and Georgia Supreme Court Published in 2025 Georgia Super Lawyers magazine By Candice Dyer on February 11, 2025 Esther Vayman’s favorite moments as a Georgia Supreme Court clerk came watching lawyers deliver arguments. “It reinforced how important it is to be the most prepared person in the courtroom,” she says. “You need to know your cases, the facts and the law better than anyone else in the room.” It also led to her current practice....
Childhood trauma and the healing power of art fuel CAU prof’s novels

Jan 6, 2025 | ajc.com | Candice Dyer

Clark University professor Daniel Black’s latest novel is a tender coming-of-age story about growing up Black and queer and ultimately wringing some grace from a harsh upbringing. “Isaac’s Song” will speak to anyone who ever chafed under a strict disciplinarian.
Atlanta doctor recalls historic Mount Everest expedition in inspirational memoir

Dec 9, 2024 | ajc.com | Candice Dyer

That victory dance, on the roof of the world, took chutzpah. After grueling weeks in the cold, thin air of the Himalayas, mountain climbers tend to get punchy. For Atlantan Mimi Zieman, the only woman in a 1988 expedition attempting to summit Mt. Everest, the time seemed right to goof off. So, she donned her tie-dyed tights and tap shoes and did a jaunty little jig. Then she taught the other climbers how to do “jazz hands” in their gloves.
North Georgia honor guard provides ‘invaluable service’ for military heroes

Nov 8, 2024 | ajc.com | Candice Dyer

When an American flag is draped over a military casket, the stars should be positioned over the deceased’s heart. Removing and presenting the flag is a meticulous, two-person job. The veteran at the foot of the casket (the “folder”) starts to fold, one corner over the next, with methodical, Euclidean precision, while another veteran (the “holder”) holds the other end stationary, until they come together in an act of hushed, sacred origami.
Lilburn to celebrate the music, message of the late journalist Daniel Pearl

Oct 17, 2024 | ajc.com | Candice Dyer

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. For journalist Daniel Pearl, his violin was almost as essential as his notepad. In troubled hot spots around the world, he would whip out his instrument and instigate impromptu jam sessions with strangers, who quickly became friends — and sources. Music proved a universal language that transcended cultural boundaries and helped him land scoops.
Cumberland Island the setting for decades-spanning saga

Oct 8, 2024 | ajc.com | Candice Dyer |Kimberly Brock

Georgia’s low country has acquired a masterful new fabulist. Kimberly Brock’s sprawling third work of historical fiction earns its evocative title on every page. The marshland, in her hands, fairly thrums with stories that, tended with time and care, add up to heritage. With writing as lush as that generative pluff mud, Brock, who lives in Atlanta, brings the sepia-toned past to vivid life.
How North Georgia’s “Papa Mike” Fights Childhood Hunger from His Roadside Peanut Stand

Aug 20, 2024 | gardenandgun.com | Candice Dyer |Liv Reilly

What's New “No kid is going to go hungry around me,” says Michael Meaders, who has quietly raised thousands of dollars for school lunches Sixteen thousand dollars in cash ain’t peanuts, but that is how much the little legume raised for low-income children who could not afford their school lunches in the mountains of North Georgia. Michael Meaders sells them, five bucks a bag, boiled to briny, slick perfection, at Papa Mike’s Peanut and Produce Stand in the town of Cleveland.