Joan Gibb Engel has had years (but not enough) to sample various careers and habitats. She has segregated fruit flies, fashioned teapots, led walks through the Indiana Dunes, been parent, teacher, editor, essayist, and poet. A constant, shared with her life’s partner, is a love of Earth and concern for its future. She recently moved to Tucson and lives near her daughter, granddaughter, and the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, triple blessings.