I went from a remote-working desk jockey to years in hospital rooms and chemo suites. I left to build software for independent bookstores because oncology taught me that this life is short, and I love books too much to not work with them. Everyone said working with bookstores was niche, and they were right, and that's the point.

I grew up in New Mexico, spent two decades in Seattle, and now live in Philadelphia. I spend my time walking among history and slowly convincing a concrete backyard that it's a garden.

On weekends I muck stalls for rescued livestock, on the theory that a farm should be earned before it's owned. This site keeps track of what I'm reading, making, and growing.