Valerie Forde-Galvin is a body/mind therapist originally from New England. For forty years she has led classes and retreats in Yoga and meditation. Now retired, she lives on a horse farm in Virginia and grows vegetables that are shared with deer and rabbits. Her poems and short stories have been published in AROHO, The Poeming Pigeon, Toho Journal, Grand Little Things, Fabuly, and The Preservation Foundation.