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JIGSAW Virtual Book Launch

JIGSAW Virtual Book Launch

JIGSAW, Neil’s third book, represents a poetic sharing by the author. Selections are from decades of piecing together his own puzzle. The book is offered to the reader in a colourful variation of poetic styles as the author describes a world of breakdown and recovery, making the reading experience in human terms, saving the reader from having to wade through psychological and medical terminology.

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Lost Kingdom: An Abecedarian Abdication

Lost Kingdom: An Abecedarian Abdication

One day, while driving past a clear-cut development, we spotted a forlorn-looking bald eagle sitting on a pile of rubble next to a parked bulldozer. Nearby was a toppled nest and grey eaglet cadavers.

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Between Those Times

Between Those Times

What a special time in autumn at the lake — after the crowds have returned to their busy lives — leaving the wilderness to a sole silent canoeist.

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Earth and Thunder

Earth and Thunder

Mother Nature is not just the song bird, pretty fawn and sunny weather. She is the ill-tempered badger, slimy slug, and smelly skunk cabbage. She is the range of all living things.

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The Hunt

The Hunt

A description of single-celled creatures in a microscopic world constantly hunting and being hunted, eating and being eaten.

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Derek Peach’s Review of Mother Nature Eats Her Kind

Derek Peach’s Review of Mother Nature Eats Her Kind

Neil continues to draw inspiration from the natural world without indulgent sentimentality, knowing “Mother Nature has no mind /or conscience. She eats her kind,” but with a passionate conviction that he must answer the question his mentor, Chief Dan George proposes: “Have I done all that I can to keep the forest? Have I kept the air fresh as your day?”

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