about

a little note on me.

I live with my husband and our dogs somewhere between where we were supposed to settle down and wherever we end up next. I’ve spent years in the travel industry (10+) and environmental health (10+) and have the work–life balance to prove it, which is part of why I’m here trying to remember what else I’m meant for.

For a long time, two Norwegian elkhounds, Tove and Sigrun, were at the center of our world. Full sisters a few years apart, they were our boys’ little sisters; Sigrun even shared my birthday, thirty years to the day. They were our kids, and losing them—one to cancer, one to old age and wrecked hips—still eats at us in ways most people don’t quite understand. Before them there were other fur children: Tegan the maltipoo, Gavin the Old English Sheepdog, and Dexter the Pomeranian, who pulled a Benjamin Button the last few years of his life and somehow made it to nineteen.

Sally came next, an adoptee who also lost her person, and then Bonnie, our newest baby girl (four‑legged, like all our other children). Between the grief, the quiet Sally walked into, and the chaos Bonnie brought with her, there is rarely a moment that isn’t full of either absence and heartache or love and dog hair.

This is where the essays land when my thoughts and ruminations don’t fit anywhere else. You’ll find pieces about dogs and the people they rearrange, marriage, illness, work, travel, the outdoors, and that uneasy space between “this looks fine” and “this can’t be it.” There’s no posting schedule, no brand plan, no newsletter funnel—just a person with a website trying to make sense of her life and a stubborn habit of paying attention.

If you’re here because of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, I keep a living list of plain‑language research summaries and trustworthy links on my GPA Resources page.

I technically exist on social media, but I’m rarely there. If I’m slow to answer a message, assume I’m outside, at a clinic, or reading with a dog. If you really need me, a quick text (if you have my number) or an email to hello@candacewoodbury.com usually works.