Violet is a pillar of hospitality and compassion within her community. As a farmer's wife and mother of a large brood, she is resolute, thrifty, and charming. The life that is woven between the land and her family is one of harmony and beauty. When she begins to struggle with depression, her life seems to unravel. At first the change is subtle, but it quickly intensifies as the flicker of a candle flame brings a way to feel again; her beloved creek becomes ominous as it beckons to her.
"Dawn Marar's chapbook, Efflorescence, includes poems chosen as a finalist for The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry; Orison Anthology Awards for Poetry; Chautauqua Literary Journal; and a Pushcart Prize nomination. This collection draws upon her personal connections to the Middle East and her experience as an American, a woman, wife, mother, and activist.
Today more than ever, everyone must be her or his own healer, and this is especially true in the management of anxiety and depression. In the first major conceptual leap in mental health care in forty years, Mind Easing's Three-Layered Healing Plan harmonizes wellness approaches, therapy, and, when needed, medicine into a safe and effective plan tailored to the needs and wishes of the individual.
PUBLISHED BY RA PRESS. "The writing of David Crews in Wander-Thrush is as evocative as a Hudson River School painting that uses words instead of oil and canvas. These essays are a history lesson, a naturalist’s field journal and an elegiac personal tribute to the Adirondack Park, one of the world’s great natural treasures.
In June 2015, two vicious convicted murderers broke out of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, in New York’s North Country, launching the most extensive manhunt in state history. Aided by prison employee Joyce Mitchell, double murderer Richard Matt and cop-killer David Sweat slipped out of their cells, followed a network of tunnels and pipes under the thirty-foot prison wall, and climbed out of a manhole to freedom.
See God right in front of you every day using this "Portals to Heaven" 365-day daily devotional that utilizes what the author has coined as the "metaphor-du-jour" to help us sense God's presence in the present. Robert J. LaCosta draws from thirty years as a specialist in the field of hearing to guide us to elevate our natural senses to discover the supernatural. Using daily vignettes as a launching pad, the devotional doubles as a journal for readers to pen their own portals. God is anything but an absentee Father.
Entrepreneurs are game changers. They see the opportunity and they grab it with both hands, knowing that they can make something from little more than an idea. 180 quotes, interactive 30 day journal and 116 pages of sublime inspiration and "light bulb" moments of absolute clarity so you can rid yourself of negative thoughts that are holding you back and forge ahead to even greater success.
“Frank and funny and powerful and surprising. An utterly gorgeous debut.”—Lauren Groff
One of the most anticipated books of 2019--Electric Literature, Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, The Millions, Hyphen, Lit Hub, Nylon, The AV Club, The Advocate, The Rumpus, The Week, Books are Magic, Reading Women