Joy and I have taken a couple of weeks to head to New Brunswick and her family cottage on the banks of the beautiful Miramichi River. Saturday night we arrived just before sunset and I caught this picture. This took me back to the fall of 2021 and a story about the cover of A Hero's Journey: Beyond Little Norway and Olympia Sports Camp that calls in the  heart-tugging experience that this whole process has been for us. People who have read the book know that it is dedicated to the hero's journey of my mother in Law, Lillian Kane, who passed away on September 19th 2021


Here's the cover. There is an orange border to honour the indigenous people who cared for the land of Interlaken for thousands of years. I added to the orange theme, and added a deeply personal touch to the cover, when in NB for Nan's funeral. Over the few days that we were in Miramichi saying good bye to Nan we witnessed several unreal sunsets that made it feel that Nan was with us, enjoying the beauty that is Miramichi New Brunswick. 

The top part of the cover is actually a picture of one such sunset. I appreciate the skill of the staff of my publisher to make that picture become a part of the cover, flowing from the orange on the sides to the brilliant sunset on the top.  Every time I look at the book, I see first the sunset and think of Nan. Every time. I like that




Copies of A Hero's Journey: Beyond Little Norway and Olympia Sports Camp are available at The Different Drummer BookStore on Locust St in Burlington. Or if you live in the Hamilton/ Halton area etransfer $30 with your address and I'll deliver it to your door.

If you are going to camp this summer the book is available in the Tuck Shop

Online copies are at aherosjourney.ca

Audiobook version is available at Audible, Amazon, or iTunes

If anyone wants to host a Tour of Olympia event where we would come to your town to have a mini reunion, talk about and sell books, email me at coachdools71@gmail.com and let's connect. 

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