Folkloric fiction & essays

Making meaning in a world of already and not yet.

I write folkloric fiction & share personal essays inspired by my home in the Shenandoah Valley.

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A sparrow carrying a hand-tied posey of blackberry bramble, juniper, and English ivy
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I write small stories centered on relationships, grounded in plot, and rooted in the holiness of ordinary days.

the Blue Ridge, looking west
The Novel

The Flower Farm at the End of the World

Like Little Women if they actually had something to do, no shade to Amy’s lime trade.
Four girls living in the wilderness, trying to figure out who they are. Also, some magic.
The kind of world you’d pretend to be in when your parents would tell you to go play outside and not come back in until lunch.
News to come — read along for first word of it.
Twelve Books to Read with Your Middle Schooler — free reading list
A free reading list

12 Books to Read With Your Middle Schooler

What you read in middle school makes you who you are. These twelve books (and spoiler, most of them are series!) are meant for you to read alongside your middle schooler, to foster all that is weird and wonderful in your child, and to remind us older folks to make friends with the middle schooler who still lives inside us all. See what's inside →

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New letters every other week — essays, recipes, gardening, and handcrafts that speak to a slow, small life filled with meaning.

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