This is a labor of love, continuing in the tradition of the print version of The Rogue Voice, featuring original, authentic voices, often from the margins of culture, whose stories reverberate with readers long after they've finished reading. For more, visit: theroguevoice.com.

Assignments: Measure Q, Counter Punch, Common Dreams, Cold TypeDuties: Freelance work for organic farm measure, national estuary program, and commentary for online mags. Won 2006 Templeton Foundation’s $5,000 Honorable Mention for Best Editorial on Human Virtue (for “A Homeless Woman’s Gift,” published in the San Luis Obispo County Tribune, July 18, 2005).

I kept more than 200 egg-laying hens with my partner and we sold eggs in the local markets, where one customer informed us, "These are the best eggs for my whole life" (English was not his first language and he'd grown up in Syria with chickens as part of his family's cuisine).

I tended and managed landscape accounts, ensuring curb appeal and healthy plant care for a specialized plant palette that favored draught-tolerant home gardens.http://www.rhythmandrootslandscaping.com/

After four years of an experimental grow operation of 1,500 Southern Highbush Blueberries, I transferred to work in the neighboring orange and avocado orchards of Warrens Trees, caring for 3,000 trees, tending irrigation lines, pruning trees as needed, securing fencing to keep out cattle (also run by the Warren Family), and ensuring profitable harvests.

Tend, manage container farm of 1,500 blueberry plants for small grow operation. Includes sales, harvesting and marketing.Growing six varieties of blueberry plants in 5-gallon containers.

8/2004 – 1/2009 Publisher/EditorThe Rogue Voice, Cayucos, Calif.The Rogue Voice: A Literary Magazine with an Edge features talented writers and artists who live on the fringe of contemporary American culture: a window washer living out of his car, traveling across country; an inmate trying to make the most of a life sentence; a cab driver and bartender serving the needs of the lost and alienated.The monthly literary magazine was created from scratch through the support and… Show more 8/2004 – 1/2009 Publisher/EditorThe Rogue Voice, Cayucos, Calif.The Rogue Voice: A Literary Magazine with an Edge features talented writers and artists who live on the fringe of contemporary American culture: a window washer living out of his car, traveling across country; an inmate trying to make the most of a life sentence; a cab driver and bartender serving the needs of the lost and alienated.The monthly literary magazine was created from scratch through the support and financing of friend and founding publisher Dell Franklin.Duties: Contact new and experienced artists, writers and poets. Vet stories and art; edit content, including commentary, fiction, columns, and poetry; design and layout pages; prep for press run and make deliveries.Website: www.theroguevoice.com (in progress) Show less

Alternative weekly with readership of 45,000. Published innovative stories on local culture, government and arts scene. Late Founding Publisher Steve Moss demanded that each edition to hit the racks should be a "big event."Led editorial department, contributing writers, and columnists in re-establishing the county's weekly news and entertainment journal into the Central Coast's "Best Watchdog." Won the 2003 SLO County Arts Council's Media Award for coverage of the arts.

Solicited, edited, and prepared regional copy for publication focusing on sustainable living and positive solutions. Turned out controversial, thought-provoking copy in the wake of Sept. 11, challenging the Bush administration's response to terrorism with Oct. 2001 special edition focusing on alternatives to war.