Enchantment is closer than you think! Delve with me into historic, mythic, and folkloric traditions, reawaken a reverence for nature, and unlock creativity and wonder.
This is our space for imagination, healing, resilience, and a mindful relationship with past, present, and future.
I am a contemporary Renaissance woman, living on my family’s regenerative farm, nestled in the forests of northern Wisconsin. As a lifelong learner of progressive and alternative paths—Montessori, Dewey, Steiner, Unschooling, Pitkin—I bring this passion for exploration, digging deeper, and reconnecting fractured pieces together into a beautiful web of meaning-making.
My collegiate journey includes a BA in Creative Writing and Performing Arts from Vermont College of UI&U and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College.
I come from a line of healers, teachers, and farmers of Germanic, Scandinavian, and Celtic descent—worlds which intersect and overlap within my writing and storytelling as well. Infused with a love of nature and dedication to stewarding the earth, my story weaving wends tales that cross worlds and explore the complexities of the human experience, deepened by historical understanding and the long memories of myth.
As a contemporary bard/scald—performative storyteller, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and balladeer—I blend the verbal and visual as well through my fiber artistry and designs. This journey truly is a tapestry of experiences and expressiveness, deepend through a mindful practice of compassion and observation.
Welcome to my enchanted world. Step inside. The stories await.
“I love your stories so much, and this one definitely doesn’t disappoint either. There’s so much to consider in it. Thank you.” ~ Dorothy W.
Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end, but life is often much more complex—a web of bits and pieces which, together, form the whole. Here, I’ll dig deeper into those gems on Indra’s net, slipping down rabbit holes and taking time to muse on the path of meaning making.
Where do our stories come from? What are they trying to tell us? How do we grow in our compassion, resilience, and wisdom on this path? Let’s walk that forest trail together, untangling the threads we find along the way.
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Join me during this life journey, a relational tapestry of purpose: to Liberate the Creative Soul ! See you there!
“Awen bears those three drops of brew that landed on the boy’s thumb, shining down beams of divine inspiration, which guide the bardic path, even to this day. These are truth, nature, and knowledge, and we must honor them always.” ~Myrddin (except from below)
“Take off your clothes!” ~Prince Lindworm
“Only if you’ll shed another layer of your skin.” ~Shoemaker’s Daughter
“Stories matter. They shape our lives, expectations, and dreams. They are the warp and weave of our human existence, binding us into a fabric far stronger than any individual element.” ~Bascomb James
“The beauty of this instrument and the power of the old stories is what gets me up on the stage.” ~Patrick Ball, Celtic harper
“In our era, too many dragons have been slain, and we now need the power of the Great Mother to heal ourselves and our world. The anima still needs to be set free, but the dragon needs to be accepted, not killed.” ~Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
“Mistress Spring is coming! Mistress Spring is coming!” ~Bluebird
“Tapestry is a series of a thousand decisions.” ~Micala Sidore
