Spring 2026
To Southern Spring, Where the Road Begins!
Spring has a way of waking the world again. The days
grow longer, the air softens, and the land begins to stir
after its winter rest. Dogwoods bloom along country
roads, salt breezes drift in from the coast, and front
porches once again become places where stories are
shared long after the sun goes down.
This issue carries that sense of renewal. We step inside
the Southern home as tables are set for the season ahead,
drift toward the coast where the water and weathered
docks shape their own rhythm of life, and follow the
pull of the open road. Spring has always been a season
of movement—of heading somewhere new, even if that
somewhere is just down the road.
So open the windows, let the fresh air in, and settle into
these pages for a while. Spring reminds us that the road is
always waiting and so
Welcome to Feathers & Whiskey.
Wildly Refined
Michael Maynor
Editor-in-Chief