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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... live, when the lights go out on a moonless night, it is black. The silence used to keep me awake—I was accustomed to the sound of police sirens, train whistles and screeching tires. Now the only sound is the lullaby of Naked Creek ...
... live, when the lights go out on a moonless night, it is black. The silence used to keep me awake—I was accustomed to the sound of police sirens, train whistles and screeching tires. Now the only sound is the lullaby of Naked Creek ...
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... live off the land, not for the land. For example, my mother-in-law just sold her seven-room house on a small development lot for $160,000. Maybe that's not so bad. But her taxes, had she stayed there, would have been $5,400 this year ...
... live off the land, not for the land. For example, my mother-in-law just sold her seven-room house on a small development lot for $160,000. Maybe that's not so bad. But her taxes, had she stayed there, would have been $5,400 this year ...
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... live close together (or have $100-plus phone bills) too much dependence on Mama or Daddy or siblings. They often have difficulty forming close relationships outside the family, haven't the benefit of other viewpoints in making decisions ...
... live close together (or have $100-plus phone bills) too much dependence on Mama or Daddy or siblings. They often have difficulty forming close relationships outside the family, haven't the benefit of other viewpoints in making decisions ...
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... lives just a few miles from there. Could we stay with her and Uncle Bob if we came down? She said, “You ride on the back of that Harley with him (referring to my husband)?” “Yeah, it's fun,” I said. “Luanne!” she said indignantly. When ...
... lives just a few miles from there. Could we stay with her and Uncle Bob if we came down? She said, “You ride on the back of that Harley with him (referring to my husband)?” “Yeah, it's fun,” I said. “Luanne!” she said indignantly. When ...
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... live without them on a daily basis. Save the eating of knishes and stuffed cabbage and antipasto for vacations. I do not miss shopping or concerts or things to do. What's so great about being clad in the latest styles? I like nothing ...
... live without them on a daily basis. Save the eating of knishes and stuffed cabbage and antipasto for vacations. I do not miss shopping or concerts or things to do. What's so great about being clad in the latest styles? I like nothing ...
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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