About the Author
ANNA CARNER
As one of the first paramedics in Florida in the late 1970s, Anna volunteered with several Fire Rescue squads during the tumultuous Cuban Mariel boatlift exodus and Miami riots. She was awarded a special commendation by the Mayor of Miami for her "Good Samaritan" efforts.
Another life change led to several years of living in the Bahamas, on a sailboat, Spindrift, with her husband and young son, Glen. Homeschooling, scuba diving and exploring were interspersed with true medical emergencies - where her training proved crucial to people living in the remote outer islands.
Anna, her husband Pino, and a menagerie of animals moved to the community of nature loving enthusiasts in Tewksbury, New Jersey, in 1998. Raising alpacas and competitive endurance trail riding became Anna's passions.
Long hours spent at growing their home-based business resulted in the creation of the Unicorn family of leather care and natural fiber cleaning products. Anna wrote all marketing and advertising materials as well as the patent for the Leather Therapy Treatment process, which brought leather care into the home laundry. Successful appearances on QVC in the USA and Home Shopping TV in Canada followed.
Then, Blossom, the wild deer, came into their lives in 1999.
MY JOURNEY
I walk the night by firefly light. Tiny lanterns show the way, while barn owls hoot and tree frogs sing their songs to bring the day.
The road ahead leads to other towns and places with other names that lie beyond the mountains across the distant plains.
It does not matter where I go the end is not my goal. My only wish, each footfall leads me to my soul.
When my journeys over, and my body is put to rest place me near an oak tree beneath a sparrow's nest, for Nature is my mother, and the sky my father too. I'll find a home in the palette of earth's green and heaven's blue.
JEANNE HAMILTON TROAST