Geologist, educator, aspiring grower.
I studied geology because I wanted to understand the world at its most fundamental — the forces, minerals, and slow time that shape every landscape we walk through. What I didn't expect was how much that knowledge would connect to everything else: farming, food, teaching, and the simple act of watching things grow.
After finishing my degree I became a teacher, and I discovered something I love just as much as geology itself: helping someone understand something for the first time. That moment when a concept clicks — when a student suddenly sees why soil is not just dirt, or why a valley is shaped the way it is — that's why I keep teaching.
I'm also deeply drawn to farming and growing, even without land of my own right now. I read, I study, I experiment in small ways. I believe the science of the earth and the practice of growing are more connected than most people realize, and that's much of what I write about here.
This site is a place for me to think out loud — about soil chemistry, about how we learn, about what it means to tend something living. I hope something here is useful or interesting to you.