A trilogy, inspired by Campobello Island

The Wisdom of Stones

Many of the visitors to Campobello Island spend time walking silently on the beaches, seldom looking up from the stones underfoot. Periodically, beachcombers stoop down, pick up stones, examine them, and place them in their pockets. This often goes on for hours. At the end of the day, they proudly display their treasures for whomever will look. Seldom has a visitor left without a bag full of stones to display or add to their collection.

Almost like a projective test, people find that the stones convey some type of message to them. This book is based on what the stones might be trying to say to us.

(They’re here! Second printing, this time in paperback.)

The Voices of Stones: On Loss & Hope

The Voices of Stones is a unique and compelling journey. In its pages we follow an old man returning to walk stone beaches while we listen in on his dialogue with the stones that cover those beaches. These are not frivolous conversations. The old man asks the stones to speak to him about the pain of loss and the search for hope. In this dialogue the old man finds hope and gains new perspective on the world and his place in it.

This book will resonate with those who face loss of all types. They will be reminded that they are not alone and that recovery and hope is possible.

The Voices of Fishermen: On Superstitions

There is something in all of the world’s people that dislikes randomness. We want explanations for the seemingly unexplainable. Most of all, we want to find ways to control what happens to us and those we love. Superstitions are one way by which we seek that predictability and control.

This book highlights some of the superstitions handed down through generations of commercial fishing families on Campobello Island. The Voices of Fishermen forms part of the living oral history of fishermen and their families everywhere.