In the mountains of Southwestern Idaho in the Pacific Northwest, T. Russell Benedict lives a life that's anything but boring. Dad to 9 kids now mostly grown, he fights forest fires...view moreIn the mountains of Southwestern Idaho in the Pacific Northwest, T. Russell Benedict lives a life that's anything but boring. Dad to 9 kids now mostly grown, he fights forest fires in the summertime, works in Alaska as an electrician in the wintertime, and fills in at a youth ranch for troubled teens in the in-between times. And after work each day, on cold nights often lit by either the northern lights or raging forest fires, he writes his stories and ideas down, challenging all who read them.view less