Let me tell you about Psyche’s House, one of my recently published books. It is the most personal book I have ever written. The narrative, framed as an 18-month journal, is carried along on concrete images and metaphors—a scarecrow protecting a garden, my struggle with Tourette’s, a tree split by lightning, a spider’s web twisting in the wind, a feral plant cultivated for its blue flowers, a lost love. Along the way, I tell about encounters with animals—a terrified hedgehog, a hungry groundhog, a knocking crow, and a pair of Canada geese. People also join and leave the narrative, a mong them St. Francis, Malcolm Muggeridge, Cervantes, Heraclitus, and Hegel. Click on the picture to read more about this book.
The most recent book to be published is the new Mushrooms of British Columbia. You can read about its background on this site or go to the book’s own website. The reception of this field guide has been amazing–soon after it’s publication in September, 2021, it became the #1 bestseller in BC. By late October, it was #2 in the Canadian nonfiction bestseller list. The first printing soon sold out. In December, the second printing will be available.
