Of his book, Ralph says

“My hope is that the pages that follow will give younger people
an insight into what these platinum years are like for those of us
who are over eighty. I hope they give us a bit of the feel, the taste, the
beauty and the pain of it all-that we’ll come to think of old as a good
thing to be. Platinum is even more precious than gold, but softer and
more easily marred.”

Ralph Milton was publisher of Wood Lake Books from 1980 to 2000. He has written hundreds of magazine articles and is the author of over twenty books. He holds two honorary doctorates (Doctor of Divinity and Doctor of Sacred Letters). Milton lives in Kelowna, BC, with Beverley, his wife of 63 years.

Ralph’s work has taken him to many different countries, mostly in
Africa and Asia, where he worked ecumenically with a wide variety
of churches and faith groups: Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and others.