About

I have been writing songs for most of my life — folk songs and blues songs, the kind that live in a guitar and come out different every time. Music came first, and it is still the truest thing I do.

I practice Daoism, including taijiquan. For the past several years I have been translating the 道德经 (dao4 de2 jing1) and recording a podcast that walks through it one chapter at a time — reading the Chinese, offering a fresh English rendering, and sitting with what the chapter asks.

I've written three books: the Daodejing translation, a novel called The Coding Samurai, and The Guide to Getting Help. I take photographs in places that slow me down. I apply my INFJ spirit to engaging with nature and travel.

I also keep a small therapy practice in Minneapolis. If you're looking for that, the door is here.