Rural Electrification

A window for a road trip opened last week in between various and sundry commitments, so I seized the opportunity to venture to the Owl Conservatory. Having weathered the past couple of years -- with lockdowns and restrictions caused by the pandemic -- any road trip would be a welcome change of scenery for the likes of me, without a doubt.

My mission? To meet with an electrician to establish a plan to hardwire the little hut and provide more reliable electricity to Das Tree Haus. The trip also provided a bit of rest and recuperation from eight months of writing and editing my next book, currently with the publisher for review. The book is titled Wilderness Strangers: Adventures in Shangri-La.

Here is a synopsis of the memoir that features the life and times of two wilderness rangers: "Like two magnets drawn together with inexorable force, Kerry and Joe were also complete opposites. Kerry, of Scandinavian descent, is a country boy from the wilds of North Dakota. Joe, the product of an urban jungle in Portland, Oregon, is Italian-American."

 

"In Wilderness Strangers, these two unlikely friends become kindred spirits, alter egos and soul mates. Yet, much like the poles of a magnet, one is drawn to the yin and the other to the yang in life. In spite of their differences, their abiding friendship, fascination for adventure and obsession with literature and the arts will become their legacy."

Publication date is sometime this summer, or perhaps Port Season during the autumnal equinox. Wilderness Strangers will be available on Amazon, IngramSpark and fine bookstores. Meanwhile, if you haven't had the chance, check out my first memoir, Bird of Paradox: The Seasoning of Birdie McInnes, published last October.