Jerry Buckley
He’s a wiregrass native with an eye for the human condition and respect for the environment within which we live. A veteran backpacker, canoer, and outdoorsman, he writes of the natural world and the critters that inhabit it.
On balance, Jerry Buckley as a younger man managed to convince himself that a writer needed to amass as many experiences as possible. Apparently, what better way to accomplish that goal than to travel. That may appear to be circuitous logic to justify a traveling Jones. But looking back on events, it seems to have worked out well. Of course, it helped to explain why he was junking grad school to backpack through Europe. Furthermore, it ultimately ended up with him living on a kibbutz in Israel for several months.
Through the years
In essence, that same logic has been applied throughout his life to later expeditions. Firstly, the California trek, including the two months living in Yosemite. Secondly, the blur of L.A. Not to mention, the island trek that led him to the Keys for almost 15 years. In the long run, another weekend, another hurricane, and the lasting experiences and friends that inspired his book series THE BIG TIDE CHRONICLES.
Life now, for Jerry Buckley
Meanwhile, for all his travels, he has found an unexpected energy, a serendipitous restoration of the soul, Not forgetting, a renewed joy in living a simple and uncomplicated life, here in the Wiregrass. Then again, Thomas Wolfe told us that “you can’t go home again.” Up to the present time, he’s come to believe that may not be true for all. As a matter of fact, after all these experiences, all he has to do is find the time to write them up into the plot lines of his series, THE BIG TIDE CHRONICLES. From time to time, Jerry often laughs to himself that there’s been several life experiences to draw upon. At this point, however, some of which he can share, others maybe for another day.
