Nothing is guaranteed beyond this moment.
Remember that.
Then act.
Biography
Former National Park Ranger, Environmental Compliance Specialist, climate columnist, and aspiring author. Daylight Fading chronicles the heli-skiing and wilderness patrolling adventures of protagonist Taiya Day, blending imagination with authentic lived experience. After seven years of writing and editing, and two seasons each worked in Mount Rainier National Park and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Skagway, Alaska, my life has paralleled Taiya’s, working, wondering, and wandering through the wilds of southeast Alaska and western Washington. Years lived and chapters written were synchronous: this book is an enthusiastic demonstration of life imitating art imitating life.
“Out here, I was both distraught and serene. My grief filled every conscious hour, but with no one around to watch me struggle against it, I let the tears flow freely and felt the heartbreak quietly ebb. If I carried too much sorrow at once, my pace would slow, and I hated moving slowly. In my opinion, it was worse even than standing still: too distracted to be truly present, and too sedate to make tangible progress. Forward became my favorite direction. And the faster, the better.”
— Taiya Day
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