About Me

Welcome.

About me...

I live downtown in Albuquerque, New Mexico with my husband, two dogs, and a couple of very anti-social box turtles--who keep my small garden pest free. My daughter attends NMMI.

My original hometown is Canton, OH. I studied design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. A friend at Pratt suggested we spend a semester in Albuquerque. I've now been here more than two decades. I was most recently a commercial real estate broker before starting Mariposa. I provide consulting, writing and teach creativity workshops.

Some of my passions include style, travel, and being a friend of public spaces in Greater Downtown ABQ. I walk or bike to my destinations whenever possible. I adore train travel over airlines.

I'm a fan of the slow bike movement. I own a yellow tulip Electra Amsterdam bicycle with a picnic basket on the back. One of my favorite picnic spots is at Rio Bravo on the Bosque bike trail along the Rio Grande in ABQ.

One of the best kept "secrets" of the downtown area in ABQ is that we have a number of clothing and hat shops. The Gizmo Store has inexpensive men's walking shoes, Route 66 Pin Ups has vintage-style dresses, there are men's hat shops in Downtown and Old Town, a milliner at the Harwood Art Center, and more clothing boutiques in Old Town.

One of my favorite items is my Cross fountain pen. I have carpal tunnel in both of my hands, which makes my typing rather slow. Most of my longer writing is done the old fashioned way of long-hand. (I suppose that makes me part of the Slow Writers Movement.) I am a devotee of Mont Blanc inks for the fountain pen.

I've started the Mariposa Notes blog to be a space for transformations--including the topics of travel, style, creativity and place. I hope to highlight some of the journeys my clients make in their own transformation work.