Elena's Messages: From Her Big Sur Sanctuary

By Jim Hunolt

Elena's Messages is the true story of a delicate and mysterious connection between a man and a small wild creature, a Big Sur sculptor and a tiny pack rat that lived in his mountain cabin.After the devastating fire in 2008 in Big Sur, California, a resident sculptor discovered a strange grouping of eucalyptus leaves, twigs, feathers and acorns on a mat at the entrance to his tool room. He brushed it away thinking nothing of it. Then, every day a new arrangement appeared, as if they were messages, and the mystery unfolds. The sculptor began taking photographs of each message before clearing it out, leaving a clean slate for the next day's expression.Shortly after beginning his journal, he set up a night vision camera and captured the creature in action. It was a wild pack rat. He named her Elena. Her purposes and meanings remain elusive, but this was a miraculous experience that enchanted everyone beyond measure.This is a story of extraordinary empathy and humanity, of an evolving communication between two unlikely species as memorialized in this journal of words and images. This portrayal has a beauty that will take your breath away.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069232951X
• ISBN13: 9780692329511
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: James B. Hunolt
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.4" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 5 years and up