The Book is Done!

After a very long gap in posts to this blog, some readers have wondered what happened? Did Neil finally fall off a cliff while chasing some nemesis butterfly species? Did he have a late mid-life crisis and decide to sell everything and buy a red Maserati sports car to drive off into the sunset? Did he just get tuckered out, and decide to take an unending vacation on a deserted beach somewhere?

As plausible as those explanations are, the answers are: no, no and no. I was traversing the big wild wilderness of digital book revision, production and printing, a quest for wisdom and glory through overhauling my book, Finding Lane County Butterflies.

If only some expert had written a concise little guide called Finding Your Way on the Path to Digital Book Printing and Production! If only my friend Penny had been hiking in front of me on that poison-oak-choked side trail! If only I had read the directions more thoroughly! If only the implosion of my computer hadn't forced me to get all up close and personal with what felt like the entire technical support staff at Apple! Oh the trials and tribulations!

In the end, I walked out of that wilderness alive and well, with a brand spanking new, revised, expanded and improved 5th Edition of Finding Lane County Butterflies.

A book release and presentation of the book will be held on Tuesday May 6, 2025 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the Main Hall, Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St, Eugene (map). Please join us if you are in the area.

With 100+ species recorded, Lane County is rich in butterflies, but to find them, you have to know when and where and how to look! If you’ve been wanting to learn more about butterflies in Lane County, to see more butterflies in Lane County, or to visit butterfly habitats new to you in Lane County, this book is for you!

Author Neil Bjorklund will cover the how, the when and the where, as he presents the newly expanded and updated 5th Edition of his book, Finding Lane County Butterflies. For the first time the book features full color maps, 39 new color photos, five new major sites, new information about online resources and hundreds of updates throughout the book. Neil will guide you through the book and its back story in the way only he can—with gorgeous photos of butterflies and butterfly habitats and entertaining stories to go with them.

Now I can get back to chasing butterflies and writing blog posts! Woo-hoo!