stories, ideas, and insights

The subjects vary, but my fascination with people endures. Across cultures, professions, and circumstances, I’m drawn to their stories, questions, quests, dreams, ideas, and goals—and to the deeply individual ways they experience what we share as human beings.

Seeing that human thread explains how a journalist can move from writing about Indigenous cultures to conscious leadership, from memoir and biography to entrepreneurial vision, without feeling scattered. The common denominator is thoughtful people with something meaningful they want to understand, preserve, or bring into the world.

Over the years, I’ve been invited into 400-year-old Indigenous villages, cozy kitchens, and a secure juvenile correctional facility. I’ve recorded a Second World War veteran’s vivid, first-hand account of the Enola Gay mission to Hiroshima, documented family histories marked by PTSD, and helped entrepreneurs give language and form to their dreams. 

Every story has asked something different of me. Each has required curiosity, careful listening, thoughtful research, and a deep respect for the people who entrusted their stories to me.

These samples span a range of voices, subjects, and genres. What connects them is the search for the story, idea, or insight waiting to be understood—and the commitment to express it with clarity, authenticity, and heart.





different subjects. one human thread.

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