About Me

Welcome to The Porch Postscript.  I'm Stacy, and if you stick around you'll learn I have a weakness for dark chocolate, cheese, ice cream, and red wine.  I eat peanut butter from a jar and love a good pizza.  I spend my free time working in my studio, playing doorman to our dog, Hedy, and pondering the next good meal.  I devour true crime podcasts while I create.

I was born in Wyoming and have lived in four states since I married the love of my life. We currently live in the frozen Interior of Alaska. The winters are long, dark, and usually bitter cold, while the summers can sometimes be abundantly rainy, but most often are beautiful and warm with nearly 24 hours of light. I long to live by the water, any water...ocean, lake, pond, river, or stream.

I'm a writer, photographer, artist, reader, and foodie.  I love the adventure of traveling.  I'm an ambivert also known as an extroverted introvert.  Do I need to explain that better?  I can be either personality as needed, but my tendencies lean more toward introvert.  I definitely need to be an introvert and unplug after a social event where there are gobs of people involved.  

I have written and self-published two cookbooks, which I sold to friends and family for a few years.  I've pondered rewriting them into one book or even starting on a new one. When the mood strikes, I write free verse poetry and short essays, both of which might occasionally be found here.

I'm a photographer, not by profession, but by passion and hobby.  I have been shooting for over three decades.  I feel the best camera is the one you have with you, which nowadays seems to be the phone in my pocket.  You can see more of my work by checking out  Stacy Petersen Photography.

I've always been creative, but only recently began calling myself an artist.  I'm a self-taught hobbyist, but an artist nonetheless.  I'm in love with exploring watercolor, learning to sketch flowers, and find drawing trees in pen and ink very relaxing. 

I'm a lover of non-fiction.  Yes, I'm a bit of a rare bread.  I enjoy memoirs, preferably about travel or food with a sprinkle of true crime.  I savor reading cookbooks as if they are novels.  Books on gardening, building cabins, and living off the land also pull me in and feed the dreamer in me.

The foodie in me loves everything about food.  Cooking it.  Eating it.  Reading about it.  Even looking at photos of it.  Over the years food has become an accidental passion.  I love farmer's markets, ethnic markets, chain grocery stores, and regional food havens.  I'm a tourist who visits local grocery stores on vacation.  I collect recipes I may never make.  I relish trying new foods and sharing meals with people who enjoy food as much as I do.  I'm always thinking about the next good meal.  Food is my love language.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll stick around and make yourself comfy.

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