I grew up a third-culture kid, meaning I was an expat/Army brat throughout childhood. Lived on 3 continents before I was 25. Always moving, creating new ‘homes.’ I’m a turtle, in other words. Because I never fit in, issues of translation & culture ground much of my work. A love of other languages and their music also fascinates me: they go ~ like music with lyrics ~ with the images we tend to define as poetry.