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Isle Chronicles is also an independent publication dedicated mostly to storytelling and living authentically from a rural island. I aim to foster connection, accountability, and meaningful community growth through the arts.

You can also find me on Substack, where I have a creative practice called Lost and Found Lofi and a style column called the Wayback Closet.

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“Hanging with the locals: dreamers, doers, and mermaids -keeping the fairy tale alive

From Ferry to Bohemia: A Mom-and-Pop Taste of Prague Between Whidbey and Mukilteo

Just across our small pond, the Puget Sound. The Salish Sea. Whatever you identify our surrounding body of water as, there sits a little outpost called Mukilteo. I love hearing people attempt to pronounce it if they have never passed through. Its name comes from Lushootseed, the language of the Snohomish people and other Coast…

The Return of the Third Place: Salad Design

When I try to describe to people what exactly is going on in the old yellow cottage on First Street, they look perplexed, yet still intrigued. What was once In the Country boutique and more recently Alma’s Kids outpost, the cottage had been emptied out yet again. Upon passing by the yellow cottage recently, I…