NichéEco: Grace of life force within the world wE INhabit

The novelist lives in the Skagit River Valley of western Washington with his wonderfully supportive wife, Brenda, herself an artist. Influential mentors include the outstanding novelists Steve Heller, Ron Carlson, and Tom Legendre. MacFarlane served as the founding executive director for the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles, Oregon. For the last decade, his writing productivity has flourished from driving a transit bus in the Puget Sound area between Everett and Bellingham. The job can be left behind when going home, but his most colorful riders continually reveal the rolling quirks of life on a slant.