Changes and Life Updates
BIG NEWS!
I’m moving back to Asheville, NC!
I’m extremely grateful for the last year and a half here in Denver at Til Death Tattoo and I’m Not saying goodbye to Colorado by any means. Just switching my home base. I’m going to be back in Denver at Til Death every 10-12 weeks for regular visits. Please consider signing up for my mailing list to receive first dibs on bookings and future dates.
There’s many reasons and feelings surrounding this decision. Family ones, financial ones and personal ones. My wife has had some recurring health issues over the past year that have led us on a path of discovery to try to get her some relief. She was diagnosed with Pots Syndrome, a form of dysautonomia. It’s a chronic disorder of the autonomic nervous system that’s affected how she circulates blood and oxygen. The altitude being what it is at a mile high simply isn’t conducive for her to regulate and feel normal. She’s slightly starved for oxygen and it affects her day to day in many ways. Sleeping with oxygen just isn’t a tenable situation. We signed a 16 month lease when we got here to Colorado and that lease has come up and so has the cost of rent.
Facing the question of re-signing or not we found ourselves asking is this really where I want to be? I’ve moved around a fair amount in the last few years. Brooklyn to Denver to New Orleans, then to Asheville. Then back to Denver and now back to Asheville. I’ve had eight addresses in as many years. When the world is your oyster and you don’t have kids how does one pick where they want to live? I’ve struggled with stillness and feeling at ease in a place. There’s a term in therapy where you assign a locational problem to an internal issue. Honestly I know I've just been running for a long time. I lived in Denver a few years ago and went through a terrible divorce. I’ve never shared this publicly before… My ex had a long on-going affair and drug me through the mud in our separation. It wrecked me. Destabilized my financial situation, my mental health, left me suicidal and dependant on alcohol. That’s all I really care to share about that… Let’s fast forward to a healthier and more stable version of myself. I found a good woman that loved me and taught me to trust again. One that supports and appreciates me. One i’m eternally grateful for and married. I did a lot of healing and self work to get back on my feet. All the recovery took its toll, time, and moving across the country a couple times.
So here I am.
There’s a Japanese saying that goes:
"If you get on the wrong train, get off at the nearest station; the longer you stay, the more expensive the return trip will be."
As some may know or remember, my wife and I moved to Denver in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The second deadliest hurricane of the last 50 years. Packing our wet belongings in the dark with flashlights and headlamps. With a flooded basement and a lease that had run out we decided to move for job stability. I still had a love for Denver and still had a lot of clients and connections there so it seemed like the move. However we didn’t make it 10 miles out of town before regretting our decision and faced tons of uncertainty whether we were doing the right thing or not. Leaving during a catastrophic event we took our possessions, dogs, a lot of guilt but not clarity. We made the best decision for our family that we could at the time. We drove away reassuring ourselves that Asheville would always be there and we’d go back one day. It’s a truly special place for us that we love deeply. The country, community, friends, family, and simply the way we feel there. It feels like peace. It feels like home.
Our lease here is up in May and so is our residency. We’ll be back in Asheville starting June 1. I’m taking inquiries here through my website for clients there starting Mid June. Once again thank you all in Colorado for the continued support and understanding. I’ll be back at Til Death August 10-18, 2026.
I’ll leave you with this:
If you want to know where your heart is, look to where your mind goes when it wanders.
-Walt Whitman
I’m truly excited for this last* move and to be back in a place I truly feel at Home. It’s been a long time coming. 🧡🧡🧡
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