A set of all three books —

thoughts on climbing roses, a book that was developed spontaneously and in direct response to my experience of the COVID lockdown. I relocated to a new city in the midst of the pandemic and found much solace in the routine of multiple daily walks with my daughter around our new neighborhood. I wrote a short poem in response to my love of mapping out my neighborhood rose bushes, which is the center of the book.

16 pages, 4.25”x5.5” inkjet printed, 2021

mother’s hands, a book about my own motherhood, daughterhood, and hands/touch. The book was made directly out of time spent with my daughter, especially in response to our relationship during breastfeeding.

24 pages, 4.25”x5.5” inkjet printed, 2021

oldest tree on the farm is a short musing on the American chestnut and my grandfather’s childhood in rural Appalachia.

16 pages, 4.25”x5.5” inkjet printed, 2021