Ken McAlpine
Ken McAlpine is the author of eight books, a collection of fiction, non-fiction, and essays. His most recent novel, "Juncture," is a cerebral "Jaws"; a suspense-filled thriller, a story of primal love and our changing oceans and, perhaps, a final fork in the road. "West is Eden: Reflections on this Gift Called Life," is a collection of his KCET essays. He lives in Ventura.
The new science of "surfonomics" is now attempting to place a dollar value on waves, but there's no dollar amount one can put on the experience.
A Ventura filmmaker and artist is making a documentary on the man who had creative ADHD and forty-eight hours in his day.
Life is short, and Ventura author Ken McAlpine shares a handful of simple, yet important lines of advice he once shared with a friend's son.
Athough less than a dozen humans are killed by sharks each year, fishermen kill 100 million sharks annually.
Little things are often more interesting and, if you pay close attention, they sometimes dole out lessons applicable to very big things.