Author pens a ‘musk-read’ tale]<\/a><\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tBefore her late husband died, the couple had discussed writing a book about the fallen eaglet. Initially they considered a chapter book. An avid photographer, Michael Cline had thousands of photographs of the eagles, the nest, the fallen tree and eaglet. He took most of them in landscape or horizontal mode, a format not suited for a vertical or portrait format of a chapter book. Cline decided she would do a picture book.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Like many artistic endeavors, the COVID-19 pandemic stimulated Cline’s creativity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It’s been in process awhile,” she said. “This last winter when we were looking at things to focus on, I wrote it.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Written after the death of her husband, Cline said she saw writing the book as a memorial to him.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“That’s what it felt like,” she said. “It was also a part of my grief journey … It’s very much of a tribute to him.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Hunkering down during the early days of the pandemic, Cline wrote and finished “Fall to Flight.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“It was time. I had the time and the quiet and the isolation to do it,” she said. “Sometimes that can be a really helpful thing.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Some of Cline’s grandchildren also contributed to the book. “Fall to Flight” includes a section on facts about bald eagles. While researching that section, Cline noticed her grandchildren drawing images and eagles and trees.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“I said, ‘Hey, I’m gong to use your pictures to illustrate the facts,’” Cline said she told them. That section includes drawings by Timothy, Kyle, Alma, Rowan, Siobhan, Patrick and Bridget.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“Fall to Flight” also can be purchased online at alaskabooksandcalendars.com. Cline’s first three books are “Raven Paints the Birds,” a picture book she also illustrated; “Paul Banks: Alaska’s Music Man,” about the namesake of Paul Banks Elementary School; and “Mary’s Gift: Alaska’s Remarkable Mary Epperson.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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