Writer, teacher, word-nerd, 98% vegan, listener, community story-teller, poet, advocate of the oddities of earthly existence. Scavenger of the unlikely. I'm currently the editor for a tiny local newspaper. I've been a college level instructor (writing, literature & public speaking) for far too many years. I write poetry, odd commentaries and occasional meditations on the absurdities and serendipitous events of everyday life in the 21st Century. I live in the Pacific Northwest (upper left corner of the USA) and like to explore odd corners of the (un)known universe.