The Mailman Is Ready For Delivery
It's Here! My first book, The Icelandic Postman, has been released. Click here to purchase. I started this project in 2014 while vacationing at the Sherwood Point lighthouse in Door County, Wisconsin, about a year after our last trip to Iceland. I had been inspired by a visit to Holar University in Northern Iceland, which at that time featured a display about early Icelandic mailmen. I mentioned to the folks there that my great-great-great-grandfather has been a postman in Iceland and they actually recognized his name! Later, digging into some family history written by my great-uncle, Bill Freeman, I decided, "Wouldn't it be cool if we could kind of fill in the blanks and tell my ancestor's story in a way that just might have happened?" The events in the book are based on the actual stories we know, with details filled in as, again, they might have happened. A great deal of research, writing, rewriting, editing, and tons of help from a l...