Goulet, Mary Ellen

Mary Ellen Goulet and her husband retired from Minnesota to the southern Black Hills of South Dakota in 1998 to build an "off-the-grid" solar and wind-powered home. Mary's first book, "A (not so) Simple Life: Our Return to Rustic Roots," is a memoir of her life growing up in Ely, MN and reflections on her new life in South Dakota. Her second book, "Cascade of Flames," tells the story of the Alabaugh Canyon wildfire that destroyed 10,000 acres and thirty-three homes, including the couples' fire-resistant retirement home, through interviews with the firefighters who fought the blaze and other ev...