“On the road there was a man with a bundle on his back and a woman carrying her baby; in the field she could see figures moving—perhaps the shepherd with his dog. Far off in the bending sky was the pearly light; and she felt the largeness of the world and the manifold wakings of men to labor and endurance. She was a part of that involuntary, palpitating life, and could neither look out on it from her luxurious shelter as a mere spectator, nor hide her eyes in selfish complaining.”

—Three breathtaking sentences from George Eliot, Middlemarch

I offer acknowledgement to the original dwellers, and my gratitude. I hope I can learn to learn from this land. I have written two books of award-winning fiction, “Knucklehead” and “Seep,” both published by the amazing Brian Kaufman at Anvil Press in Vancouver. I have published stories and poems, presented visual poetry, performed, and made presentations in venues in Canada and the U.S.A.