Before moving to the American Southwest to pursue a more creative and less frenetic lifestyle, I spent my work career at broadcast television stations in Georgia, Illinois, and Michigan, and later owned and operated a video production company and a photography studio/processing lab. I have written and photographed articles for magazines and newspapers; produced and directed broadcast television programs; and created artistic works for gallery sales. I have a Masters Degree in Communications from the University of Illinois. I have taught college level courses as well as conducted numerous workshops on photography and/or media production.

My spiritual path has been varied.  I have studied under several shamans, guru types, and generally eccentric visionaries. For what it's worth, I am ordained as a priest in an obscure religious order; hold 1st and 2nd Degree Reiki knowledge; and was taught several other hands-on healing techniques and styles. I have used crystals and runes for divination and healing. Over the years I have participated in vision quests, spiritual travel through drumming, sweat lodges, fire walks, and many other new and old age adventures of the mind and body. I have journeyed with Twisted Hairs, and have learned many interesting things while on my path through life. 

I am not a person who "blindly" worships gods. However, know that I honor the Old Ones and Ways of my Norse Ancestors, as well as other great teachers and leaders of spiritual pathways.