All year long, I’ve been caffeinating, chit-chatting and reading the daily newspapers in print, down at Speeder & Earl’s on beautiful Pine Street. And all year long, I’ve been sitting under the beautiful stained-glass creations in the window, not knowing who was behind them.

Would you believe an ex-lawyer?

No shit!

Finally met the face behind the glass on Wednesday. Chris Jeffrey told us he’s a graduate of Northeastern Law School and spent 17 years practicing law, primarily as an advocate over at Vermont Tenants. But life has its different chapters, doesn’t it?

“I decided being a lawyer kind of sucks,” he said.

In 2000, Chris rented a little studio in Barre, Vermont and followed his passion and his talent – creating custom stained glass.

The rest is Mr. Jeffrey’s evolving story – check him out here.

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Peter Freyne, 1949-2009, wrote the weekly political column "Inside Track," which originated in the Vanguard Press in the mid 1980s; he brought it to Seven Days in 1995. He retired it shortly before his death in January, 2009. We all miss him.