Wow Michael, thanks for the free download! Can't wait to read it, it has been on my to-read list.

Lacey wrote: "Wow Michael, thanks for the free download! Can't wait to read it, it has been on my to-read list."

Aloha Lacey: Thanks for the comment and hope you enjoy it!

Elena wrote: "Holy Smokes! Not just a great book, but it must become a film. I live in Italy now, in Tuscany, and work as a writer and translator (unfortunately from Italian to English and not the other way arou..."

Aloha Elena:
My sincere thanks for your kind words, and wish I were in Italy like you! I have a sister who does botanical art and who lives in Perugia. Sher went to art school in Rome, then married an Italian and never came home. :-) Fortunately, I get over there every two years to see her. My wife and I had a grand balloning adventure in Tuiscany for our 30th anniversary. Great fun! Sounds like you're a Big Apple expat with a fascinating backstory; I'd like to hear it. Please feel free to email me at schmickermichael@gmail.com. I do check that account regularly. Cheers, Michael

P.S. Elena -- you really DID pass on Ninja Turtles? As you say, holy smokes!