teacher · traveler · always on the go
I make complex things simple, so people can actually use them.
I teach for the joy of the moment a thing comes alive — and I’ve chased that moment from West Point classrooms to Roman streets.
Who I am
Same job every time: take the hard thing, find the “so what,” and hand it back usable.
I’ve done it across very different rooms — teaching history at West Point, building leadership courses and running logistics instruction for the Army, coaching in the studio, and walking people through the how and why of tasting bourbon.
Off the clock, the same instinct just points at different things — rescuing rabbits, volunteering with veterans, pitching in on environmental cleanups, and tutoring students from grade-schoolers to college.
Lesson or life, I like leaving things better than I found them.
old bells, river-smell, warm bread, low gold light —Being there
“The church bells — hundreds of years old — started ringing. The overlap of history, the sound of the bells, the smell of the river, the light on the paved walkway while I ate fresh-baked treats. I just marveled, and soaked it in. Time flowing over me.”Rome, in her own words
Rooms I’ve taught in
One skill, pointed at whatever’s hard.
The subject changes; the job doesn’t. Whatever’s complex, I make it clear enough to feel — and simple enough to use.
Come along
Short, sensory notes from wherever I am.
The moments things come alive — on the road, in a classroom, over a good glass. Worth your inbox.
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