Writer & Naturalist


Intro

I write from the perspective of nature as a model for humanity. I also write about the ways we deceive ourselves with truth, and the ways we find strength in vulnerability. Mostly, I find joy with a blink of sadness in the way the natural universe works and our very tiny part in it.

(But also)

I do this

Public health disaster scientist, policy writer, risk analyst and senior program manager at a non-profit defense contractor for almost 20 years. Certified Virginia Master Naturalist and FrogWatch frog call monitor.

Things I Wrote

When He Says that You’re a Goddess / F(r)iction / Forthcoming: March 2025

Standing in a TJ Maxx Selecting a Suitcase for My Dad’s Ashes / The Forge / Forthcoming: November 18, 2024 {Winner of the 2024 Flash Nonfiction Competition}

How to Fall / HAD / June 11, 2024

A Good Storm / The Lindenwood Review / Issue 14, 2024

The Travelers / Ellipsis Zine, Issue 11 / 2023

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Genres

Flash fiction

Flash memoir

Creative nonfiction

Autobiographical fiction


Things I Think About A Lot

Spiders, cicadas, and moths

Cumulonimbus clouds

Mountain wildflowers

The Fibonacci Sequence

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