Written from a first-person perspective and in vignette style Autumn Winds blends fact, fiction, and nostalgia. Retirement to the rustic village of Balsam Ridge in the northwoods of Wisconsin means a new chapter of life for a widower. The winds of time have brought him to his own personal Autumn… a time of remembrance and appreciation of his roots. Significant memories take him back to 1960 and his thirteenth summer. -a time of innocence, a time of laughter, tears, and growth for a boy standing on the edge of manhood. Now forty-five years later there’s a realization that portions of his life have held steady, that past and present are bound together full circle.