I like to explore and tell descriptive stories about places. I also make jewelry, music and mixed-media art.
Danville, Virginia to Eden, NC, Sept. 2024 “You can take all you want. It’s all rock around here.” -ABC Store operator, Pelham, NC SHALE BE COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN I’m standing on a multi-colored rock field between an ABC store and a visitor center near the North Carolina-Virginia line, looking downhill at what I am […]
Read More Dan River Rift Basin: Piedmont Geology and CulturePART 1, Crabtree & Mine Creek Greenways, Raleigh, NC, August & September 2024 and such Raleigh, North Carolina is the city where I was born and where I lived through college. As a child, I would play by the creek near our house and then walk along the wooded, sometimes rocky trail that followed it. […]
Read More Gneiss Weather for Piedmont GeologyAugust 2-4, 2024, Virginia and North Carolina It’s a sunny early morning at Fancy Gap, and I’m going to the Saturday market in nearby Galax, Virginia, to set up with my jewelry. While it’s my first time at this market, and I didn’t get prior confirmation, I’m able to get a metal stall in the […]
Read More Galax, Fries, Pittsboro: fair markets and stormy weather
