While my novels Nearly Canaan and Secret Side of Jaya contain many details from my Yakima Valley years, the experience also prompted a proliferation of poetry.
Works available as free PDF downloads at my Thistle Finch editions site include the poetry broadsides Whistling Jack (a common name for a high-country marmot) and Just Like That (regarding elk) as well as the poetry chapbooks Grilled Salmon, Sagebrush Diamond Hitch, Turquoise & Silver, and Universal Range.
The orchards, mountains, forests, rivers, and Pacific currents all astonished my Midwestern sensibilities.
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Jnana's Red Barn 