The
book,
Erik's Story, finding a gift against all odds in
rural Alaska,
Edition two is now out.
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NOW
OUT
It's Okay Mom
by Linda Kay Thompson.
It’s Okay Mom is the true
Alaskan story of Linda
Thompson, a parent of three children all with challenges. It begins
with life
in the wilderness of Lake Clark
region before her first son is born. Once baby Erik is in her arms,
people want
her to institutionalize him. When her twins are born, she faces
life/death realities
as they present themselves. Her husband’s job slowly draws him away
from home
when they move to the capital, Juneau,
and he becomes the Director of Subsistence under Governor Sheffield.
The
marriage is slowly crushed. Linda returns to the wilderness of Alaska
to be a Bush teacher, raising her surviving boys alone, standing by
them, no
matter what. It’s Okay Mom is a story of trust, love of family,
and
triumph over adversity. |
Erik
has sold over 52,000 of his art cards.
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New
hand made journals with covers of Erik's images will come out in
2007- Sold only at Ptarmigan Arts and directly from Erik at shows
and fairs.
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Textiles
with Erik's Art designs.- 2010
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Products
for home decorating- 2011
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| Linda
would like to start a fabric shopping bag business to encourage
others to reuse and recycle. She will have Erik's Polar Bear
image along with the words "Save Him" printed on fabric to be sewn on
each bag to remind others to recycle and use less energy. Hopefully a
product will come out by 2010. |
Linda
is investigating making cloth diapers for adults and adult people with
disabilities. These would be used along with (or instead of) the
very poor quality leaky irritable disposable diapers that people with
disabilities or the elderly are being forced to use by both medicate
and medicare. Hopefully a product will come out by 2010.
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