ALFRED K. LAMOTTE has authored four volumes of poetry with Saint Julian Press. He has co-authored four books of artwork and poetry with artist, earth-steward, and farmer Rashani Réa. His poems have appeared in several journals and anthologies. An interfaith college chaplain, meditation teacher, and instructor in Philosophy and World Religions, he has degrees from Yale University and Princeton Theological Seminary. He lives on the shore of the Salish Sea near Seattle, WA, with his wife Anna and his dear friends, Emerson and Finn, who are four-leggéds of the golden fur.