Stain the Water Clear: A Collection of Rural Pen and Yankee Doodlin' Columns, 1993-2002iUniverse, 13.01.2003 - 218 Seiten For years, readers of Luanne Austins Rural Pen column in the Daily News-Record have been asking for a compilation of her work. Here it is. Stain the Water Clear is a collection spanning 10 years. Her first Southern Yankee writings focused on the transplanted life of a young woman who had moved from her native New York to the South. Yankee Doodlin' continued on this theme, but expanded to family life, relationships and meditations on life. Finally, the Rural Pen pieces are those of a writer who has found her voice, addressing a range of topics, from politics to religion, to love and womens issues, to meditations on nature and spirituality .The name of the column and this book come from William Blakes Songs of Innocence: And I made a rural pen, And I staind the water clear |
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... years. The chapters are divided into subjects. I picked my favorites, which have not always been those of my readers. If I've missed any, please let me know. Per— haps they can be included in another volume. Introduction XV.
... years. The chapters are divided into subjects. I picked my favorites, which have not always been those of my readers. If I've missed any, please let me know. Per— haps they can be included in another volume. Introduction XV.
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... I've Wanted to do a lot of things in my life, but this Was never one of them.” Besides the relatives' incredulity, We had one major problem—no fence. Well, I guess it was fence at one time, but it sure didn't keep the animals in. Once a ...
... I've Wanted to do a lot of things in my life, but this Was never one of them.” Besides the relatives' incredulity, We had one major problem—no fence. Well, I guess it was fence at one time, but it sure didn't keep the animals in. Once a ...
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... I've never tried the boing—twang-boingtwang stuff, I didn't volunteer my talents. Would you believe they asked me, a bona fide, died—in—the—wool, arrogant, know—it—all Yankee, to sing? This was a most gracious gesture of Southern ...
... I've never tried the boing—twang-boingtwang stuff, I didn't volunteer my talents. Would you believe they asked me, a bona fide, died—in—the—wool, arrogant, know—it—all Yankee, to sing? This was a most gracious gesture of Southern ...
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... I've always believed Valentine's Day to be one of those “Hallmark holidays” specifically designed to get consumers to consume during the mid—winter consumption lull, but in recent years it's become an oppor— tunity for me to express my ...
... I've always believed Valentine's Day to be one of those “Hallmark holidays” specifically designed to get consumers to consume during the mid—winter consumption lull, but in recent years it's become an oppor— tunity for me to express my ...
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... traffic. And every day justifying: He does it to me all the time, people need to be warned about her, their prices are a rip—off anyway, the kid wouldn't listen to me, he/she needs to change, I've always 30 Stain the Water Clear.
... traffic. And every day justifying: He does it to me all the time, people need to be warned about her, their prices are a rip—off anyway, the kid wouldn't listen to me, he/she needs to change, I've always 30 Stain the Water Clear.
Inhalt
19 | |
Of Humans and Being | 51 |
Christmas | 69 |
Things We Have Passed | 87 |
Am I in Sync? | 113 |
Body Language | 145 |
Through Darkness Up to God | 175 |
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