{"id":45,"date":"2013-02-17T13:22:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T20:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2021-12-18T10:53:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T17:53:42","slug":"contact-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/?page_id=45","title":{"rendered":"About\/Contact the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The author, James P. Sticka, is a semi-retired cabinet and furniture maker. Well, semi-retired, because woodworkers don\u2019t really retire\u2014they just get old and knotty.\u00a0 (&#8220;Har, har, har!&#8221; as the giant would say.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Author-1600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-721\" src=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Author-1600-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Author-1600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Author-1600-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Author-1600-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Author-1600-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Author-1600-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Author-1600.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3847-1600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-705\" src=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3847-1600-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3847-1600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3847-1600-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3847-1600-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3847-1600-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3847-1600-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_3847-1600.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-3-1600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-713 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-3-1600-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-3-1600-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-3-1600-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-3-1600-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-3-1600-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stickastories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-3-1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James lives in Western Montana on the East Shore of Flathead Lake with his wife Robin. 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