My Story

I grew up in Indianapolis with a love for wild places within the city like Eagle Creek and Fort Ben. Reading My Side of the Mountain and Tom Browns Field Guide brought my awareness to those near places, the backyard wilderness, more than exotic rainforests abroad. This appreciation for the Midwest's hidden beauty sent me into the academic field of science, where I studied paleo-history at Earlham College.

Through academia I traveled not just the country but the world. I am lucky enough to have held some of humanity’s first stone tools in Olduvai Gorge, and some of humanity’s last stone tools on the island of New Zealand. This breadth of the human timeline is fascinating, and it drives me to share the profound variety of impacts we may have on landscapes.

Armed with a Geology degree in 2020 I promptly fell into outdoor labor work in the Civilian Conservation Corps out of Tennessee. Paid in dirt and camping together for 9 day shifts I had an amazing time building bridges and stone trail improvements. Non-profit parks work turned into for-profit landscaping out of necessity and I learned SO MUCH. Masonry, plant care, heavy equipment operation, plumbing, commercial truck driving, demolition. While I loved using natural materials at that incredible level of precision, the industry of creating maintenance didn’t resonate with me.

With Deep Time I am attempting to bring my passion for sharing the natural world to market, right into your very backyard. New or even prospective landowners should be empowered to make informed decisions about management with a full history of their land. Even long-time homeowners will see familiar terrain in a whole new way!