Meet the Yaks
Large, shaggy, watchful - and far more complicated than a picturesque pasture suggests.
Read dispatchReading Room
Dispatches & Essays
Current essays on poetic attention, narrative architecture, and creative craft.
I Am Not a Difficult Patient. You Were Unprepared.
Older women do not become invisible. People simply become accustomed to looking past us...and calling us difficult when we demand better.
Read dispatchThings Worth Keeping in a World Moving Too Fast
Heritage animals, muddy boots, artificial intelligence, and one Gen X woman trying to build her dreams one day at a time.
Read dispatchOn the Architecture of Attention
Why paying deep attention to craft, cadence, and quiet detail is the only antidote to cultural velocity.
Read dispatchHistorical Archive
Early Writings & Literary Notes (2008–2017)
Over nine years of poetry reflections, MFA studies, book publication announcements, audio readings, and university teaching journals.