自我介绍

Originally from Colorado, I am an avid fan of all things artsy and outdoors. I love to hike, ride, read, attend live theater performances, create mosaic sculptures and build wood-burning pizza ovens from scratch. I am a professional speechwriter by trade. I'm crazy about all animals (we have 3 dogs, 1 cat, 4 horses, 2 adopted donkeys, and 20 chickens on our small farm in Scottsdale). I won a pony in a raffle when I was 7 years old (just like Willy Wonka, only WAY better). Since then, I’ve spent much of my life on the backs of extraordinary horses, and I’ve been a nationally ranked rider in cutting horse competitions. I enjoy salvaging materials and re-purposing them as art ... it’s a kick to capture bits of history and bring them to life in a new light. I'm wicked awesome with an Etch-A-Sketch. I'm a fan of Shakespeare, Wallace Stegner, Willa Cather, Harper Lee, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Killers, Orville Peck, Dolly Parton, Local Hero, Tina Fey, Leslie Knope, and Elf ... and I can't imagine life without a bowl of super spicy green chile now and then. Some of my favorite places on earth are Paris, London, New York, Park City (Utah), Grand Lake (Colorado) and Ashland (Oregon) -- Ashland is basically nirvana for me. Other favorite places are barns, libraries, theaters, coffee shops, antique stores, forests, farmer's markets, hiking trails and the big brown chair in my own living room (with at least one dog in my lap). Above all, I'm the biggest fan of my family -- my husband and my son -- both of whom are just remarkably smart, funny and kind humans. In this world, they are my huckleberries.