Hank Bruce

Hank Bruce is a writer, horticultural therapist, hunger activist, teacher and speaker. He's becoming famous, or infamous, for his tumbleweed soup. When life gives you lemons make lemonade, but in the southwest the gift is tumbleweed, so we make tumbleweed soup. If you would like the recipe contact Hank. Hank and his wife, editor and co-author Tomi Jill Folk live in Rio Rancho, NM with a several rescued dogs and cats.

Together Hank Tomi have had over 25 books published, dealing with a wide range of subjects from gardening in the classroom to horticultural therapy, being a family caregiver to hunger concerns, and a novel, "Oblivion, a Novel Place to Live," that explores the possibility of an eco-friendly, sustainable community. Plus several award winning short story collections and "Enchanted by the Light" a very popular collection of uniquely New Mexico Christmas stories.

Hank's book "Peace Beyond All Fear, a Tribute to John Denver's Vision" won the New Mexico Book of the Year Award in the anthology category for 2008.

"The Family Caregiver's Journal, a Guide to Facing the Terminal Illness of a Loved One" received the Caliente Award from Reading New Mexico as a book that should be in every library in Sept. 2009.

In April 2007 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Florida Chapter of the American Horticultural Therapy Association and in 2001 he was given the Humanitarian of the Year Award by the American Horticultural Therapy Association.

Hank & Tomi have 2 new works in progress:

"Green Thumbs & Gray Hair: Gardening as Therapy for Seniors" is our newest horticultural therapy book. The focus is on ways that senior citizens can use gardening activities for both physical fitness and mental exercise. Special sections deal with Alzheimer's and the role of elders in today's world. It will be released this autumn.

"Sharing the Gifts, 15 Short Stories Celebrating Elder Wisdom" is soon to be released as an eBook on Kindle. These stories are about senior citizens and deal with issues and concerns of elders. It also encourages seniors to let there creativity flow and write their own stories.

We are in the process of formatting some of our other titles for release on Kindle. These include "Oblivion" Peace Beyond All Fear" and "Enchanted by the Light" in fiction and "Gardens for the Senses. Gardening as Therapy" as our first horticultural therapy book to be offered on Kindle.