Left of Nashville is a woman ready to nudge country music—and herself.

I am here to explore, to witness, to make. To take up space in the messy middle of creativity and see what happens.

I grew up in a deeply rural part of the Pacific Northwest, so remote that we shared a party phone line with four other houses. Now I live in San Francisco, a city obsessed with optimization and what’s next. That contrast—between slow and fast, past and future, tradition and reinvention—is where I make sense of myself.

For 25 years, I’ve shaped the feeling of a space with light as an architectural lighting designer and entrepreneur. I co-founded PritchardPeck Lighting with my best friend Kristin, learned on the job how to be a leader, and built a business while raising kids and caring for a 20-year marriage. That was one way to create. Now, I’m finding others.

A couple of years ago, I set out to become a better storyteller. Storytelling led to finding safety in my voice, which led to songwriting, which led to picking up my first guitar. But this space isn’t just about songs. It’s about showing up as a maker in all forms: illustrations, stories, poems, reflections, soapbox moments, photographs, and yes, music. It’s about embracing non-linear time, unlearning the way I think about aging, and giving creativity room to breathe.

I’m discovering that reflecting a feeling—whether with light or sound—takes the heart of an artist and the discipline of a technician. It takes a willingness to start before I’m ready. To explore. To stay curious. To let making be the thing that leads.

Country music, creativity, and life itself are all bigger than we’ve been told. I’m here to make space, and to show up with messy art that stretches the circle wider.

If that sounds like your kind of thing,

Come on in.