There is something hypnotic about time in the desert Southwest. Maybe it’s the mysteriously stacked rocks, the hoodoos, or the ferocious winds, torrential rains; the generally angry weather. But that anger is inevitably followed by devastating and haunting beauty. I’ve lived here all my adult life and have no desire to live anywhere else. It speaks to me, inspires me. Holds me.

I was born in western New York. I was never a happy go lucky kid - didn’t understand that concept. It wasn’t until high school, when I discovered English literature and started writing, that life began to make sense. I was always a reader and someone who loved to write scary stories for assignments in class, but now, finally, I had purpose. My undergrad degree from the University of New Hampshire was in English with a concentration in creative writing.