News & Notes

In mid-October, I was contacted by Seth Casana, editor-in-chief of Whurk magazine, a local magazine dedicated to Virginia’s creative communities. Somehow, he had discovered my website and the RVA Rope site and wanted…

The first night, we worked on her new 3-rope TK variation. The major benefit of this variant is that it adds a third band of rope to the upper wraps,…

I appreciate it when people share my images according to the terms I've licensed them under, but when they use them to try to claim skills they may not have,…

In October of 2015, we had the benefit of taking private lessons with Akira Naka. He was in town for a workshop that we could not attend, but we were…

Quick disclaimer: this writing isn’t in response to any specific event. I’ve been working on it for a while, and I feel like there’s no good time to post this…

My first real exposure to the world of kink was through The Society of Jacksonville in South Carolina. And boy what an exposure. The parties and accompanying kinks were quite…

I've been thinking a lot lately about how kink fits in with everything else in my life and experiences. Initially, it seemed so disconnected from everything else: this thing on…

March 30th, 2012. I looked it up. That was my first rope practice with Bodhi, the first time I tried to tie. Four months ago. And I've followed this rope--this…