For a man whose work as a sound engineer and tour manager had already taken him all over the world, Tommy Joy wasn’t expecting to fall in love with Ukraine. Before his first visit around seven years ago, he couldn’t even find it on a map.
But with Ukraine now gripped by war, Joy has devoted much of his life to raising funds to support his adopted country — whether it’s buying badly needed supplies or simply serving-up grilled cheese sandwiches from his kitchen. In an exceptional time, Joy is aspiring to be a peddler of normal.
“The people there are trying to live a normal life,” Joy said during