JERRY DENNIS, Big Maple Press

Jerry Dennis has been professionally writing books and essays about the places where nature and human culture meet since 1986. His essays and short fiction have appeared in more than 100 publications, including The New York Times, Smithsonian, Audubon, Orion, American Way, Gray’s Sporting Journal, and Michigan Quarterly Review.

Last year, Jerry teamed with artist Glenn Wolff and his wife Gail  to form Big Maple Press, publishing special editions of their books exclusively for independent bookstores.

This talk was from January 2015 Fulfillament. in Traverse City, MI
Fulfillament is a storytelling event featuring local community leaders & entrepreneurs who share their journey towards fulfillment through vocation that will challenge you to come alive.
This podcasts are personal, inside stories from these individuals… Why they do what they do, how did they get there, and how does it make them come alive? Each storyteller will issue a challenge for you to find fulfillment in your own life – you ready to make some change?

Here is Jerry’s story…..

“When I think about big leaps, I think first about a night thirty years ago, on Eleventh Street, here in Traverse City, in the kitchen of that house. My wife Gail was there and our great friend Craig Date. Our son Aaron was there, he was seven years old and Nick was there, but he was still in his mom’s belly. We were faced with one of the big, big turning points in our lives and we were talking about it seriously and with great intensity…..”