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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... began writing columns for the Daily News—Record while stringing for the newspaper in 1993. The every—other—weekly column was called “Southern Yankee,” about life in the South as a transplanted New Yorker. I was amazed at the volume of ...
... began writing columns for the Daily News—Record while stringing for the newspaper in 1993. The every—other—weekly column was called “Southern Yankee,” about life in the South as a transplanted New Yorker. I was amazed at the volume of ...
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... began. I do play the guitar, but since 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 ...
... began. I do play the guitar, but since 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 ...
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... began to pick at the broccoli. Aunt Joyce said, “I don't think we're supposed to start eating yet, Luanne.” When the dressing was passed to Uncle Dick (J oyce's husband), he refused dutifully and waited. Meanwhile, most of us at the ...
... began to pick at the broccoli. Aunt Joyce said, “I don't think we're supposed to start eating yet, Luanne.” When the dressing was passed to Uncle Dick (J oyce's husband), he refused dutifully and waited. Meanwhile, most of us at the ...
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... began smoking. She hadn't cleaned it. I opened the door to remove the chicken and the oven was on fire. I grabbed a canister and threw about two pounds of Hour on the flames. Successfully smothered. OK. Forget the chicken. When Rachel ...
... began smoking. She hadn't cleaned it. I opened the door to remove the chicken and the oven was on fire. I grabbed a canister and threw about two pounds of Hour on the flames. Successfully smothered. OK. Forget the chicken. When Rachel ...
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... began to take college classes part-time. He started with psychology-related classes but once he'd worked through most of his “issues,” dumped them in favor of subjects that genuinely interested him. He bought bookcases and has slowly ...
... began to take college classes part-time. He started with psychology-related classes but once he'd worked through most of his “issues,” dumped them in favor of subjects that genuinely interested him. He bought bookcases and has slowly ...
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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