I am a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon whose articles, essays, short stories and one-act plays have been published in Modern Loss, Mutha Magazine, Verily Magazine, Fitness Republic, Medium: Human Parts, Bleed, Groundswell Magazine, Role/ Reboot, Bluestem Magazine, The Boulevard, Constellations: A Journal of Poetry and Fiction, The Rumpus, Front Porch Review, Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers on Craft and the Creative Life, Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, Modern Love Rejects, Bartleby Snopes, Down in the Dirt Magazine, Wavelength Magazine, Aspens Magazine, Stork Magazine, Portland Tribune, Beaverton Valley Times, Tigard-Tualatin-Sherwood Times, Lake Oswego Review, West Linn Tidings, Regal Courier, Sherwood Gazette, Southwest Community Connection, Boom!, Clackamas Review, Estacada News, Forest Grove News-Times, Gresham Outlook, Oregon City News, Sandy Post, The Bee, South County Spotlight, Pause: Journal of Dramatic Writing, StandUp2Cancer.org and other publications.

My sweet dad Martin, whom I call Daddio, died on October 13, 2018.  I miss him every day.