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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... didn't see the mountain on the map), our soon—to—die engine could have used a few more horses. As it was, we forged our way over in first gear at five mph. At the top, a glorious site welcomed us to Page Valley. The rolling patchwork ...
... didn't see the mountain on the map), our soon—to—die engine could have used a few more horses. As it was, we forged our way over in first gear at five mph. At the top, a glorious site welcomed us to Page Valley. The rolling patchwork ...
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... didn't keep the animals in. Once a neighbor called to say that When she'd opened her front door, my goat (Olivia) had bolted into the house and leapt onto her couch. Sometimes We didn't know Where the heck the animals had wandered off ...
... didn't keep the animals in. Once a neighbor called to say that When she'd opened her front door, my goat (Olivia) had bolted into the house and leapt onto her couch. Sometimes We didn't know Where the heck the animals had wandered off ...
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... didn't realize the fears that lay within. Well-meaning friends warned me about snakes—creatures I'd seen only in movies and at the Bronx Zoo. Now I envisioned them slithering towards me from every direction. So I used some logic based ...
... didn't realize the fears that lay within. Well-meaning friends warned me about snakes—creatures I'd seen only in movies and at the Bronx Zoo. Now I envisioned them slithering towards me from every direction. So I used some logic based ...
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... didn't know what was lurking in the woods. Bears, raccoons, possum, deer, chipmunks, skunks, mountain lions, wildebeest—all, in my imagination at least, waiting to tear me t pieces with every step. I felt like Dorothy walking down the ...
... didn't know what was lurking in the woods. Bears, raccoons, possum, deer, chipmunks, skunks, mountain lions, wildebeest—all, in my imagination at least, waiting to tear me t pieces with every step. I felt like Dorothy walking down the ...
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... didn't seem to be aware of. It coiled several times and tried to strike at what it couldn't see. The nerves and muscles that move it's strong jaw were futilely snapping at the air. The snake provided the party with entertainment for ...
... didn't seem to be aware of. It coiled several times and tried to strike at what it couldn't see. The nerves and muscles that move it's strong jaw were futilely snapping at the air. The snake provided the party with entertainment for ...
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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