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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... 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 hours, and, I must admit, it was entertaining. Watching it ...
... 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 hours, and, I must admit, it was entertaining. Watching it ...
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... 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 hospitality. “Can ...
... 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 hospitality. “Can ...
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... trying to work out. What I want is for loved ones to come in from the cold and smell the bread and know that this is home and that I love them. I sprinkle flour on my four-square-foot bread board, then knead it into the forming dough ...
... trying to work out. What I want is for loved ones to come in from the cold and smell the bread and know that this is home and that I love them. I sprinkle flour on my four-square-foot bread board, then knead it into the forming dough ...
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... tried again. The resulting loaves of French bread were not perfect, but much better. Edible was the goal. When it's about doubled in size, I push my fist into the airy dough, cut it in half with a long serrated knife, roll each half out ...
... tried again. The resulting loaves of French bread were not perfect, but much better. Edible was the goal. When it's about doubled in size, I push my fist into the airy dough, cut it in half with a long serrated knife, roll each half out ...
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... trying their suggestions—some radical—yielded no improvement. I spent a lot of time on my knees, to no avail. As the ... tried Murphy's Oil Soap, plain soap, Mr. Clean, Pine Sol, Fantastic, Ajax, Windex, to name a few. Then, later, as ...
... trying their suggestions—some radical—yielded no improvement. I spent a lot of time on my knees, to no avail. As the ... tried Murphy's Oil Soap, plain soap, Mr. Clean, Pine Sol, Fantastic, Ajax, Windex, to name a few. Then, later, as ...
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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