Andy Perkonig
Writing short stories and playing with words on paper has always been fun and relaxing for me. Winning several contests while still in school cemented my love for literature, but by entering full time work at the age of 15, writing was pushed to the back burner.
Born in a small Austrian mountain village in 1954, most of my spare time was occupied with hiking and skiing.
Moving to Canada in 1973 at the age of 19 I landed a job in a remote logging camp on Vancouver Island, where my first impressions of the new language I was attempting to master were mixed. My pre-conceived notions of learning a beautiful and difficult new language where somewhat dashed by the prolific use of “four-letter” words with the occasional injection of meaning. This led me to believe that the English language suffered from a severe lack of words and that mastering the language would be as easy as falling off a stump.
However, the rude awakening came after moving to civilization 3 years later and a complete re-learning of my acquired “English” was in order.
Having entered retirement in April 2009, I now hope to be able to travel and write about my adventures.
Andy, his wife Wendy and two daughters, Sarah and Emily, have been living in Powell River for the last 26 years.
