Author Talk: Finding a Place on Water with Peter D. Nordgren

If you and your family moved to the shore of a small northern Wisconsin lake, what would you find there?

That’s the question answered in “A Place on Water,” a new book by writer Peter D. Nordgren. Readers will enjoy a close-up the fauna and flora of the small property on which the Nordgrens build their new home. Along the way, tales are shared of a lifetime spent in Wisconsin’s north country.

In fifty-two short essays, Nordgren takes readers around the lake, into the depths, along the shore, and up into the branches of the forest. What is found there brings the comfort of familiarity, the surprise of the unexpected, and the mystery of the unknown. A falling oak, a scampering mouse, iris blossoms in a wetland, and a late-lingering loon are among the new acquaintances whose stories are shared. “A Place on Water” connects readers with nature and opens their eyes to what happens in the natural community around them, every day.

“A Place on Water” is published by North Branch. It can be purchased in local bookstores, or online through www.northbranch.info.

Peter D. Nordgren is professor emeritus of library science at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. He grew up in northern Wisconsin and is a graduate of Winter Schools and UW-Superior, with graduate degrees from UW-Stout and the University of Minnesota. His writing is published periodically in Silent Sports magazine.