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By Ron Jevaltas
Why “Lampyridae?” The title is consistent with his scientific roots. An internet search revealed “firefly” to be associated with a host of things that had little to do with the insect. A lifetime of heating with wood and the necessity of fire with regard to his passion for “sugaring,” were instrumental in creating in him the “fire bug.”
Ron is a phenological poet. Often his poetry presents as journal entries that are sensitive to weather and climate and how those natural phenomena are connected to the living things to which he feels a remarkable kinship.
Some of his mentors, with regard to phenology, include Aldo Leopold, Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, Seamus Henney, as well as Frost and Dickinson. These authors have helped forge in Ron, a “road less traveled” by today’s standards, and have given him a voice that often places him at odds with the contemporary fascination with electronic connectivity.
About the Author
Ron Jevaltas was born in Wisconsin and graduated from UW-La Crosse in 1975 with a Letters and Science degree in Biology and English. Following that, he embarked on careers in education and carpentry that lasted over 40 years. Upon retirement he decided to start finding homes for some of the 1,600 poems that he had written. Today, he resides in rural Wisconsin in the stone house he and his wife built near a half century ago. Throughout his life he has been an avid hunter, fisher and gardener and has taken those pursuits to levels that have exceeded pastimes.
(2025, ebook, 58 pages)
