Welcome to Poetry, Prose, and Other Good Things
About me:
I’m many things. Parent. Poet. Retired Coffee Professional. Voracious reader. Engineer. Lapsed hapkido light blue belt. Knitter & crocheter. Especially sock knitter. Photographer. Fiction writer. Puzzler. Dog mom.
I’m a graduate of the Warren Wilson MFA program, but my first degree, earned at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is in Chemical Engineering.
Whether poetry or some other subject, I am always interested in how things work.
I have over thirty years experience in the coffee industry, from the roasting operations through quality assurance and extending into the raw material supply chain, specifically the green coffee (it’s green before it turns that lovely, deep brown in roasting). So, you will find the occasional coffee-related thought (or poem) in my work. As well, the travels I have been privileged to make over the years, around the world to some amazing places, feature in my thoughts & work.
I Hope You Enjoy the Journey!
If you like to think about how language functions, how writers create the effects they create, or just like to read and think about some of the mechanics of writing, I invite you to join me on this exploration.
P. S. — Some Comments About AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are not, have not, and will not be used to create the text of my blog posts, poems, or fiction except to the extent that AI tools are now embedded in things like automatic spell checkers or grammar checkers and can’t be turned off. However, AI is not used to generate sentences, paragraphs, etc.
AI tools may be used to generate images to illustrate the blog.
Photos taken by myself or others which can be specifically credited will be credited in captions.
Artwork available under open access or other Creative Commons Zero licenses will be credited per the expectations of the image/artwork’s owner.
If you visit another site using one of the links in this blog, the practices of that site may differ.