Brian T. W. Way was raised in Prince Edward County, learned how to fish for trout and hunt for whales in university, then taught at various secondary schools and in higher education (Departments of English and Education, Western). In retirement, he has served on Boards of Governance for the Royal Military Colleges of Canada, the national Al Purdy A-Frame Trust and the Prince Edward County Library System, as well as teaching at Loyalist College, taking up the creative keyboard and becoming a failed painter.  Recent publications include Somebody should’ve told Fred, magic birds, Orchard of the Gods, Heads or Tales, american mankillers and Perilous Journey in the Prose Fiction of Don Gutteridge. And in process, Bee: a book for all ages.  (Photos: Grade Two, Massassaga Public School, and, a bit later in life, at Thoor Ballylee.)