Thoughtful conversations with the people of Maine

I've long followed the adage form follows function, and I'm really drawn to utilitarian forms and marine hardware is particularly interesting to me. For one, it's something that I've been exposed to for a long time, and so it's like this warm, familiar association with it.

I think when you're from a small town, your scope's a little limited, and so I think my moment was I had been in hospitality in college and was a caregiver as a nurse. So the moment just came where I had the opportunity to get into hospitality, become an entrepreneur, which I wanted as well. And really the skillset was parallel to being a caregiver and working in healthcare.

I was able to share with her things that I might not share with my sisters or my parents because it's too hard. And I think when you're moving your body in that way and you're having this physical, emotional, and mental connection with someone, it's so unique in that you're able to open up and express in a way that I think I wouldn't be if we didn't share that love of running and willingness to move our body and be outside and want to connect in that way.