Most people these days call me Becky. But I've also gone by Becca, Reba, and Co-Tang. It's a nickname I picked up in college. Co-tang (hot coffee and cold tang combined) eased me into drinking black coffee. Not conventional, but I recommend you try it.
I grew up in Western Washington in an old house that my parents have gradually rebuilt. My older sister and younger brother are also very creative and organized in their own ways. Following high school, I attended Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska. Just before it closed, I graduated with a BA in Outdoor Leadership and I minored in Art. After riding my bicycle across the country, I worked at a domestic violence shelter in Alaska. A bit later I worked at a camp in Idaho and drove school bus back home in Washington. In amongst all this I cooked at a substance abuse recovery center, cooked at the county jail, baked at a coffee shop/bakery, and a held a variety of jobs on campus.
While working at Camp Lutherhaven in Idaho, I met my husband. We were each lucky that the other hadn't been snatched up yet and we were married a year later. We finished building an 8 x 16' tiny house on wheels parked at my parents house just in time for our first born. Given the opportunity to work from home with my son, I started doing office work for our family's appliance repair business. As things progressed, we outgrew the tiny house and purchased an cozy old home nearby. Another kid came along who adores and also yells at her older brother.
My husband and I now own the appliance repair business. When I am not working on my creative persuits it is probably because I am busy managing customer expectations.
When I started my creative practice in earnest in 2021, I was primarily using watercolors. I've had fun with a variety of mediums including pen and ink, long exposure/composite photography, videography, music composition, ceramics, acrylics, and wood. There is one area of work that I have kept coming back to since 2014: printing. In particular, block printing and screen printing.
At the beginning of 2026, with both the kids finally and firmly in school, I started my print mail club. Slug Mail is a perfect blend of so many of the things I love and I look forward to sharing more of myself every month. I am forever creating new things, exploring new ideas, and experimenting with different mediums. So you (and I) never know what I'll come up with next.
I also enjoy gardening, our pets (bantam chickens, mystery snails, cats, and a dog), reading, family outdoor outings, singing and playing concertina with my church community, creating custom organizational systems for my home, and weekly dinners with my extended local family.
