Skalkaho

Benjamin Skalkaho grew up on a ranch forty miles North of Augusta, Montana. The ranch settled at the foot of what is called the Rocky Mountain Front. Or others know it as the Continental divide which splits the North American Continent in half. The home ranch was near a place called Blackleaf, it faced the looming wall of mountains to the west. Benjamin Skalkaho went to high school in a town south of the ranch called Chateau, Montana. Blackleaf Ranch View Of The Rocky Mountain Front   Not unlike all small-town high schools, everyone knew everyone's business and that knowledge controlled what would happen for generations. Benjamin was the silent type and only let people guess what he was about as a high school Senior. It was 1970 and the Vietnam war was at its apex for America's young men. Skalkaho Falls Before people were interested in genealogy, Benjamin Skalkaho had a sketch of where he came from and from what time it all had started. It w...

Like all adventures, there is the unknown which makes the journey a convulsive addiction to creativity. This project is a culmination of my own recovery from an Anoxic brain injury suffered during June 1, 2011. The recovery regimen suggested writing as a developing mental recovery. It sounded impossible at the time since I couldn't remember how to use a keyboard let alone write a complete sentence. It was a terrifying consideration for even trying at the time. A brief background to the Anoxic brain injury episode before writing this manuscript. On June 1, 2011, I suffered a massive heart attack at work and was soon after pronounced dead at the hospital, but a miracle was unfolding in front of the attending emergency doctors. As my body was assuming room temperature of about 80 degrees Fahrenheit my heart started when my wife touched me. It couldn't happen, but the record illustrates the miracle in a report by professional doctors and nurses. The returning heartbeat washed the...