Jim GreenTHE OWL & THE TEACUP
Northern Bush Stories
Born and raised in the lee of the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta, Jim Green learned to hunt, trap, and fish. He acquired a lifelong passion for elk steaks, fried brook trout, saskatoon jam, and Mrs. Russell's warm huckleberry pie. Feeling the need for new country after high school, he hitchhiked to the west coast and caught a boat to New Zealand. Sometime later, he got off another boat in Montreal, ate a handful of chokecherries, and hitched back west to Alberta. He'd been a banjo (that's a shovel) operator, front-end loader virtuoso, truck driver, waiter, street photographer, spray-painter, farm laborer, kitchen hand, and smuggler. He was a bit part actor in Madrid in The Fall of the Roman Empire with Sophia Loren. He got himself a degree in journalism, headed to the Northwest Territories for forty-five years, had two books of poetry published, did a whack of radio and magazine work, and broadened his culinary tastes to include frozen char, roasted caribou, bannock on a stick, and Dora Beaulieu's cranberry muffins. Back from the north and home in Alberta once again, Drum Song Productions issued six CDs of his storytelling and this book, The Owl & the Teacup, as well as a handful of YouTube videos. In the meantime, he's performed his own material in every province and territory of the country. One time, he sunburned both feet on a four-island, sixteen-engagement gig in Hawaii. It was a tough assignment, but somebody had to do it. Jim and his partner, Juneva, live in Pincher Creek, Alberta. They have three grown children and six grandchildren. Glen was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Jason emerged in the old Stanton Yellowknife Hospital. Jaida joined them at the Taloyoak Nursing Station.
