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Wendigo CreativeSystems builder. Storyteller. · Saint Paul, MN
Good stories.
Real places.
Food with soul.
Detroit roots. Minnesota home. Essays, landscape photography, and Midwest recipes, a collection of things made with care, and a few stories from along the way.
Noticing the ordinary. Making something of it.
Built for the way you work
Your data. Your business.
A better way to work.
I build the systems behind the work: data infrastructure, relational databases, custom CRMs, reporting platforms, and websites.
Explore the consulting Hands-on financial services experience
I lead data restructuring for a midsize financial services corporation with 370 employees.
Data→Tools→Decisions
The experience behind the work A few ways in
Pull up a chair.
Different interests. The same curiosity.
A place for everything I keep coming back to.
01 / WORDSStories & road notes
Essays on work, money, grief, and ordinary life. Fiction from the darker corners.
Read something that stays with you.
02 / PLACESThrough my lens
Fifteen years of looking closer. Lake Superior, Iceland, and everywhere in between.
Take the scenic route.
03 / THE TABLEThe Midwest kitchen
Church basements, supper clubs, smokers, and family kitchens. Food that tastes like home.
115 recipes. Plenty of seconds.From the notebook
A few things worth saying.
The Professor in My Back Seat
A Lyft ride, a Bob Dylan song, and the unexpected friendship that taught me to listen.
I Can’t Wait for AI to Be Boring
On artificial intelligence, environmental responsibility, and why the best technology disappears into the background.
The Far West: Iceland
Eight days in Snæfellsnes and the Westfjords. Sea stacks, volcanoes, and the edge of the inhabited world.
What’s Been the Best Part of Your Day?
A question worth asking. Small moments, real connection, and learning to pay attention.
Made to be shared
Good food. No fuss.
Midwest comfort food, from my kitchen to yours.
A few favorites from 115 recipes in the collection.
Smoker & BBQ
Poor Man's Burnt Ends
The brisket experience without the brisket price. Chuck roast becomes BBQ gold.
Main dishes
Juicy Lucy
A Minnesota icon. Cheese inside the burger, exactly where it belongs.
Soups
Chicken Wild Rice Soup
Creamy, hearty, and about as Minnesota as a bowl of soup can get.
Appetizers
Beer-Battered Cheese Curds
Crispy outside, molten inside. A little Wisconsin at your kitchen table.
Desserts
Aunt Foo's Chocolate Chip Cookies
The family recipe. Some things never need reinventing.
Main dishes
Tater Tot Hot Dish
The church-basement classic. One pan, a full table, no apologies.
Light, land & the long way home
Some places say everything.
From the North Shore to the far side of Iceland.
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A little about me
Detroit made me.
Minnesota feels like home.
I’m Joshua. I grew up in Harper Woods, Michigan, and now live in Saint Paul with my wife Anna and our cat Squishy. I write, photograph, cook, and build things.
That sense of place, of knowing exactly where you belong, still shapes everything I make. This is a slow-building collection of all of it.
A little more of the storySaint Paul, Minnesota · Always curious.
What I make for other people
Good ideas deserve good company.
Systems that do the work.
Data infrastructure, custom CRMs, relational databases, and reporting platforms. From the foundation to the interface.
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Fossick offset guitars. Small batches, real wood, and a little Saint Paul stubbornness.
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