Well met,

I’m Raymie; born in New Orleans, but shaped by a life lived between Louisiana and Sacramento, California. Crafting is in my blood, passed down through generations of carpenters, seamstresses, metalworkers, and homemakers who taught me how to turn raw materials into something meaningful.

I met Anne Marie in Sacramento in 1994, during a showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I was already part of the shadowcast, and in true theatrical fashion, I chased her down with a cast application in hand and practically begged her to join. The thought of never seeing her again was maddening. When she returned hours later; with application meticulously filled out, we became inseparable.

Our lives since then have been a long, winding adventure through concerts, nightclubs, reenactment fields, pagan circles, and the quiet magic of building a gothic home together. Every chapter has shaped the work I do now.

Anne Marie, who moves through the digital realm as AineMaire (honoring her Irish heritage) is the Artistic Muse and Media Mistress. She shapes the atmosphere, the storytelling, and the online presence of our world. I create with my hands; she creates with vision, voice, and the unseen threads that bind everything together.

After forty years away, I returned to my home state of Louisiana, and together we are building our sanctuary in Baton Rouge. It's a place where our shared love of the strange, the shadowed, and the mystical can thrive.

This space is the next evolution of that journey; where magic is conjured in the dark corners of life. Welcome to Our So‑Called Goth Life: a realm of relics and ritual art.

May something here speak to your spirit