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After retirement, for two summers I worked as a tour guide at the Umpqua River Lighthouse in Oregon. This opportunity enabled me to learn more about that lighthouse than any of the others I've seen. Although I have personally visited and photographed over 300 lighthouses in the United States and three Provinces in Canada, the Umpqua River Lighthouse has special meaning for me. That Lighthouse inspired me to write two fictional books with the characters working, living, and enduring the challenges of lighthouse keeping. All pictures posted in this blog were taken by myself, unless noted otherwise.

Book Info.

I hope you will find time to enjoy my books. Preview the book covers below at the right side of page.

Book #1: "The Wickie and the Umpqua Lighthouse." Detail: "The Wickie and the Umpqua Lighthouse" is an 1860's story about the lighthouse keepers and their families at the Umpqua River Lighthouse. It will stir your emotions and warm your heart. Discover the challenges they met but never expected, and their determination to maintain navigational aid to mariners on the Oregon coast. (Wickie is a nickname used by the early lighthouse keepers at the Umpqua River Lighthouse in OR.)

Book #2: "Spirit of The Lighthouse" is a sequel to The Wickie. Detail: Jesse Fayette, assistant keeper at the Umpqua River Lighthouse, finds himself alone to operate and maintain an Oregon lighthouse after the accidental death of his head keeper. After notifying the Lighthouse Board and requesting help, he is surprised but must deal with an acquaintance, Red Saunders, who believes the lighthouse is haunted.

Book #3: "Unexpected Moments" has a different theme than those of Book #1 and #2. Detail: Dan and Megan, as well as their old friends Jim and Anna, experience unexpected moments of hardships and tragedies in Arizona and California. Will they survive these unexpected moments and find any hope for their futures?

All of my books are available on Amazon.

20 October 2017

Where The River Meets The Pacific



In my book, The Wickie, discover the challenges lighthouse keepers and their families met but never expected, and their determination to maintain navigational aid to mariners on the Oregon coast. Learn about the keeper’s lives while having your emotions stirred. See friendships develop and a family formed. See how love and determination prevail through hardships, and how the light from one individual’s life affects others. I hope you’ll enjoy reading this 1860’s story about two lighthouses of the same name.
 
One scene in the book has the head keeper talking to his assistant in the watch room near the top of the new lighthouse. The head keeper looks out the window toward the Pacific Ocean and remarks: “I can see both the ocean and the mouth of the river from here.”

I can’t reproduce the view the head keeper described in my book, but hopefully my pictures below will help you imagine what he saw from the window of the new Umpqua River Lighthouse. (Imagine without the breakwater.) Click on the picture to enlarge it for a better view.

                           

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