I am a vocalist, songwriter, essayist, and mother living in Upstate New York, on the ancestral, unceded lands of the Stockbridge-Munsee band of Mohicans.

I record and perform under the name Half Waif. I write music that blends elements of pop, folk, and experimental styles, a layering of organic and electronic components. I believe in song as healing spell, sound as connective tissue, and vulnerability as power. 

I write essays on creative process and nature, which I share on my Substack, “Ordinary Talk.”

I teach workshops on songwriting, and how to both ritualize and systematize creative practice. 

I am a devotee of seasons, sunsets, birds, medicinal plants, shifts in temperature and light. My spirituality is ecological.

Get in touch: halfwaif@gmail.com