The Ronaissance

The Ronaissance

Body in Motion

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Ron Stempkowski
Jul 27, 2026
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Ken lost his leg below the knee when he was fourteen. Cancer. By the time I met him in 2001, the prosthetic was so fully absorbed into who he was that he used it as a punchline—detaching it in a crowded bar on our first real conversation so he could literally put his foot in his mouth.

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