SPEAKER’S BIO
Ken is the author of ten books; fiction, non-fiction and selected essays. Over the course of a thirty-five-year magazine career, he wrote for magazines ranging from Sports Illustrated, to National Geographic Traveler, to Sunset, to, yes, Sport Diver. His magazine articles have earned three Lowell Thomas awards, travel writing's top award. His non-fiction book “Islands Apart: A Year on the Edge of Civilization” uses Nature’s beauty to reflect (often humorously) on the moments we have been given in this precious life. Ken lives in Ventura, California with his lovely wife Kathy, who is far and away his better half.
Author: Ken McAlpine
January Presentation
How We Spend Our Time Here: The Joy of Solitude, the Importance of Moments, and
the Wisdom of Strangers.
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I will be discussing my book “Islands Apart: A Year on the Edge of Civilization”. The idea behind the book was simple. It’s a fast paced world we live in, and I felt that I was missing something in all the rush, something that mattered. So I spent a week camping on each of the five islands of Channel Islands National Park, in an attempt to better understand our world and how we spend our precious time here (I did things on the mainland too; hence “A Year on the Edge of Civilization”). Simply put, I hoped I might learn something valuable by being alone and quiet in a beautiful place. A reviewer called the book “a rumination on what it means to be human.” I suppose that’s apt, but it’s a funny book too, and a fun look at the very special gift we call life.