My mom was a photographer. My dad literally wrote the book on digital typography. (Darkroom was catty-corner to the letterpress.) My first love was writing poems; I started making books at 17.

I’m obsessed with sharing. Showing value, a new side of something familiar, or showing folks around, I’m always looking for fresh ways to improve people’s lives. I believe in what I promote. And I think it shows.

Since 2004, I have…

• toured North America as a one-time slam poet; founded a small press; organized seven National Poetry Slams
• directed design for two organic farms, a vegan restaurant, and a naughty feminist film festival
• moved across the US five times
• pursued passions in bookbinding, photography, woodworking, and obscenely expensive home audio
• never given up my sense of play

For a few years I hosted hundreds of couchsurfers from around the world.

This is me in September, 2023.

Not pictured: studio lights, my bed on its side against the wall, 85 lb dog demanding cuddles, 600 alternate shots.