Here’s a repost from 2018. And how was your commute this morning? Featured image: MONUSCO Photos/Abel Kavangh. CC BY-SA 2.0. Advertisements
Author: BJ Deming
After getting an associate's degree in forestry, I studied geology as an undergraduate back in the 1980s but went into medical transcription instead. It just worked out better for me.
The Internet renewed my interest in geoscience as a hobby, and when I retired in 2014, I decided to write a book about cat evolution. That has turned into a series of eBooks and started a new career for me.
Two ebooks on the domestic cat are up at Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ICtemj
And right now, I'm working on an eBook about the cat family and where it comes from.
Thanks for your interest!
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