Books

Autoimmune: A Medical Odyssey

The symptoms struck suddenly. On the morning of June 3, 2016, Jason Monas, a sixty-four-year-old software analyst, lost his balance and felt tingling in his hands and feet. Within a few short days, he could no longer walk! By July 25, his legs and arms were paralyzed! Over the course of a year, he struggled to surmount both physical impairment and psychological demons.

Jason Monas contracted CIDP (Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy) – a rare autoimmune disorder that causes paralysis and leaves up to thirty percent of its victims wheelchair-bound. “A Father’s Gift to His Daughter” is a UHN (University Health Network) article about Jason’s battle with CIDP. The UHN article references the video here. “Autoimmune: A Medical Odyssey” is the full story, not yet published.

Norwegian Woods

Bob Smith and Paula Wright are itinerant environmental activists who are determined to stop ‘Olausson and Son Home Builders’ from developing subdivisions that will destroy local wildlife and taint the water supply. At a rally staged by the Romney Ridge Ecological Club, Bob hurls a dead fish at Wilf Olausson and his business associate Raj Singh to protest municipal approval of Olausson’s latest subdivision, ‘Norwegian Woods’. Bob lands in jail, but Olausson, influenced by his son, Bjorn, decides not to press charges. Bob is released, setting the stage for a conflict involving environmentalists, builders, and the provincial government.

Click here or the picture below to read the first chapter.