- Traveler; American; Tanzania; Anguilla.

- Photographer; painter; woodworker.

- Dendrochronologist; urban planner; wordsmith; minister.

- Backpacker; forester; mountain biker; scuba diver.

- Road trips; dogs & cats.

- Shemkai; Pocho; turquoise; elbow grease.

- Ponderosa pine; cabins; Latvian poetry; heptagons.

- Trucks; maple syrup; rocky escarpments; sea vegetables.