
Some exciting news regarding two colleagues I work with just down the hall. Both Joe and Chris extend a variety of passions outside the classroom. First, Joe Paatalo brings us his first novel titled, The Eddy. (the pilot is below). I encourage you to pick up a copy on Amazon, and book stores soon. It just so happens that in the timing of this publication release that Chris Silver is having a concert on the 5th and will also be debuting a new album in February in Duluth. Chris is phenomenal with the mandolin and is considered the best flat-picker in the Midwest. Oh yeah, and if you're like me and love to fish, especially trout then you'll enjoy Chris and Joe's, FISHIN' WITH JOE podcast.
After 18-year-old Toby Casper survives a suicidal motorcycle ride, he attempts to reclaim his life. But some things don't rest that easily. When he meets Mitchell James, the wildly erratic English teacher who harbors his own dark past, the two strike up an unusual partnership. From the tough halls of an inner city high school, to the trout filled waters of the American West, The Eddy takes the reader on a memorable journey sure to resonate with anyone who has ever longed to break away. Don't just give this book to the fly fisher in your life; give it to anyone who knows what it's like to be different, to anyone who struggles to find a place of comfort in this world.



