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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... Wanderer”. “I am a happy wanderer, as happy as can be, And if by chance I see a snake, from me he'll have to flee, Val-der-ee, val-der-a, val-der-a, Val-der-a-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. . .” Sometimes I would talk 6 Stain the Water Clear.
... Wanderer”. “I am a happy wanderer, as happy as can be, And if by chance I see a snake, from me he'll have to flee, Val-der-ee, val-der-a, val-der-a, Val-der-a-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. . .” Sometimes I would talk 6 Stain the Water Clear.
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... talk loudly to the imaginary snakes—” Okay, Mr. Snake, here I come. You'd better get outta my way. Here I come. . .” I never did see any snakes, just a worm every now and then. Then we had this great idea to raise calves bought at a ...
... talk loudly to the imaginary snakes—” Okay, Mr. Snake, here I come. You'd better get outta my way. Here I come. . .” I never did see any snakes, just a worm every now and then. Then we had this great idea to raise calves bought at a ...
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... talk of Jesus Christ. And no talk of God. But there was much talk of Spirit and love and promises. I found I could respect that. And, believe me, there was a time when I would not have. When I would have brushed it off—and so my brother ...
... talk of Jesus Christ. And no talk of God. But there was much talk of Spirit and love and promises. I found I could respect that. And, believe me, there was a time when I would not have. When I would have brushed it off—and so my brother ...
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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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