![Joe Treetop](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fill:96:96/1*dhKuXfXvkPWh7HQHJfcpnw@2x.jpeg)
The name's Joe.
I left the smudgy zip-lock bags along with the law—and jaw—breaking behind. Taking my foot out of the grave, I began a transformation toward truth, the arts, and love.
Always a ponderer, I leverage my past to articulate the present, and every now and then, something worthwhile makes it to the page.
Medium is now my digital home for these stories.
Though I lead a minimalist lifestyle, my heart is enormously enriched by a diverse powerhouse: my small-village Polish wife, two Lancastrian ragdoll cats, a partially deaf Thai stray dog, and of course, my love for writing.
If I could find happiness, so can you, friend.
This is me, believing that a questionable background in piano and writing somehow translates to playing the guitar. Oh, damn you, frustratingly lovely journey of creative pursuits.