Farmers Market Manager; sometimes writer, artist, historian, gamer. Always deaf, queer, and caffeinated.

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My life, as I see it:

BRINE YOUR BIRDIES! 2 turkey breasts here but same process with a 30 lb bird. Defrost, remove extra bits & rinse. Put into a watertight container or Ziploc - at 3 lbs, mine fit into a gallon bag each. A clean lidded plastic container works too. Add PLENTY of salt, fave flavors, enough water to cover, then into your fridge overnight. This year I'm doing a smoked chipotle, garlic, + brown sugar brine; the other has tumeric, soy sauce, garlic, + dried veggies.

Pasta salad before the pasta goes in. I'll add cucumbers this afternoon (the texture gets a little funky if I put them in too soon), and tri-color rotini was added right after this picture. The marinade is soy sauce, olive oil that's been soaking up garlic and roasted tomato flavors for a month, and the usual spices. This is one of a few dishes I'm making for a @ithacafarmersmarket meeting tonight; celebrating another year at our Market with our vendors, talking about the future, at a place where I genuinely love 95% of my job (who gets to say that?) and have found something to like or love about almost everyone I work with. It's still a job: I get paid less than I should and get treated worse than I should by some folks, for a place I don't own and where I'll always be seen as "replaceable" by a few. But I'm seen and appreciated by the majority, I am complimented everyday at the market, and I get to use all of the skills and experience I've gained over my life to support an organization built on the idea that pulling together for the greater good is better than going it alone. So it's just a pasta salad, but it's also feeding my staff and my vendors. And that's love.

My Sophie Catter, snuggled up against my leg and purring hard... Also her: making damn sure I don't get up before she's ready. #FormerFeral

Look at these gorgeous carrots from @stickandstonefarm ! I got up early to make soup for my vendors and staff (we're working outside in the cold cold today). Chicken stock I made myself, onions and carrots from Stick & Stone Farm, potatoes from @jackmanvineyards, turkey meatballs, and a couple of hours in a crockpot... Warming from the inside out 🍲

For our Halloween day at @ithacafarmersmarket I made myself a whale shark costume out of a couple of hoodies - which my son Logan has now claimed for his own 😂😍

A sunny window, a pause in the usual hissing and chasing and general grumpy cat behavior, and these three. And me, lucky enough to see it happen.

Latest News:

Novella cover art by Brissia Jiménez

August 28, 2020: My video game tie-in novella is now out! No Way Home was written as a companion to the Wasteland 3 video game by inXile Entertainment, and explores a beloved main character’s adventures between W2 and W3. (Available as part of the Digital Deluxe Version of the game through Steam.)

For Professional Use:

I am always looking for new opportunities! Please contact me if you want to hire me to write for you. I’m happy to provide you with a quote and samples of my work.

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What I make:

Speculative literature about angry ghosts, dangerous women, wistful robots, small monsters, smaller towns, hungry futures, and what we do to survive when we can’t do anything else.

Brightly colored art in a variety of mediums, including pen + ink illustrations, block prints, acrylic or watercolor paintings, and more.

Non-fiction essays on games (RPG and console), pop culture, comic books, science fiction, the history of food and cooking, art history, and Early American books and prints.

Reviews of books or movies I loved.

And posts about writing, art, food, little snippets of my life, or whatever else has got my attention today…

It’s dangerous out there. Here, take this:

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