A newly married couple suffers a tragedy while on their honeymoon high in the Rocky Mountains.Aaron and Kailyn are deeply in love. They plan to raise a family in the stunning and historic Oak Valley, a small town west of Chicago. The village seems to have been created for newly married couples and their children, with refreshingly clear streams, ponds, forests, parks, and quiet homes filling the landscape. Their lives are set to fill with joy, despite Aaron's pai...

Sourdough Bread and Cookies: Easy Recipes for Beginners and Advanced Users is a thoughtfully crafted guide for anyone who loves the smell of freshly baked bread or the comfort of a homemade cookie. Whether you’re just beginning your sourdough journey or you’ve been baking for years, you’ll find something here to inspire and elevate your craft.Inside, you’ll discover:• How to start and maintain a healthy sourdough starter from scratch• Easy to follow recipes for arti...

In the dark alleys of the city, a battle is brewing. Harry Hornroot is new in town, but he's making a name for himself with his hands. The pugilistic powerhouse receives a summons from The Boss. He has a score to settle with Harry, and he's taken Ima, the sultry seductress who's captured Harry's heart. The Boss thinks he can use her as leverage, but Harry's rage and love for Ima will not be silenced. As the stakes escalate, Harry must confront the one opponent his fists can't defeat: his o...

We are nomads. We are all nomads. We are all nomad singing our lives into the night. Our lives arise, melodies and syncopated rhythms giving way to meanings and tellings. Shadows, echoes, and flickerings. Hints, mumblings, and innuendo. Some of the stanzas are whispers and others are loud, slow dirges. Some we sing alone. Others are call and response. We rarely sing together (all of us at once and in the same place), but we do. From time to time. Quite often when we are not trying to. Quit...

When a torrential downpour forces Randy Dick to seek shelter, he stumbles upon the mysterious and alluring Belinda Khist. But his relief is short-lived, as he's caught pleasuring himself by the seductive mistress. Instead of turning him away, Belinda proposes a tantalizing offer: she'll cuckold her husband, but only if Randy can secure his freedom from the county jail.As Randy navigates the treacherous landscape of corruption and lust, he finds himself entangled in a web of desire ...

DescriptionIs Overthinking Causing Stress, Anxiety, and Procrastination in Your Life?Get Easy, Practical, and Actionable Solutions to Overcome the Problem of Overthinking in 30 DaysHas procrastination become your second nature?Are you always worried that something might go wrong at any time?Are you always trying to remain in control, and even simple changes get you over the edge?Do you keep ruminating your past in your mind and find it very h...

The Apostle Peter shared in his epistle 2nd Peter that no scriptures are given by private interpretation or by man's own concept or opinion. Holy men wrote as the spirit of God moved upon them. They were led and inspired by the Holy Ghost.God's spirit is still speaking to those Holy Men and Women that have an ear to hear the voice of God!! So, as you read this book, I hope it will inspire you to still away with God and search the scriptures for an End Time's MESSAGE for this Genera...

Rivers are not only about themselves and the way they curve and cut across landscapes and time, but about an overall geology of the soul that goes on in each life--all life. Carrying things into our lives and away from our lives is just one of the mysteries of rivers and the tributaries that build them. These poems of life and living in the precincts of the Delaware River and her tributaries underscore the relationship that we have with the wetness, power, passion, shape, and presence of w...

Space and time are not just terms and functions of the bigger/larger objects in our lives, but intricately woven into the cells that make up our spleen and the neurotransmitters that carry our sense of truth and integrity (or some other thing that carries that--which we have not yet figured out how to find or name just yet). The mercurial and hermetic principle that everything above operates on similar principles as the things below (inside as well as outside) holds true in this conversati...

Cairns have decorated the landscapes of cultures throughout time. Piles of stone-one stone placed on top of another-are set in place all over the earth to recall battles, identify burial sites, mark trails, and spur hearts and minds to remember sacred, noble, and critical events. They are landmarks. They are sacramental presences in space and time. Our lives are littered with markers of meaning. They all reveal who we are, where we have been, and offer us a jumping off point for the future...

The notion and phrase of "entering the stream" has long been an image for merger and union. Most often it is meant to sum up the idea of union with the Divine Principle or God. Less often, yet still common, it is used to image the union of ideas, bodies, and movements. The sense that one thing folds into or flows into another and gets lost is still a major underpinning toward the belief that there is some "ah ha" moment in life where we are able to drift out of simple, commonplace existenc...

Men have been spit up onto shore by whales and great fish since the beginning of time. This has been going on for forever; perhaps, even longer than forever. This may be true. It may also be true that men have spit whales and great fish up onto shore since the beginning of time. This has also been going on or forever; perhaps, even longer than forever. Which of these happened first, I cannot say. Who knows; who can say? Regardless, before being spit up on land both men and fish sat idly by...