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"You're cured now, " Susan Cummings's surgeon proclaimed to her a few weeks after her mastectomy. "That's it?" "That's it," her surgeon repeated. But, that wasn't it by a long shot for Cummings, as we learn in her memoir about her first six years after treatment for early-stage breast cancer. A single woman "progressing at lightning speed through her middle years" when diagnosed, a struggling New York actress, she takes us on her up, down and sideways adventures-sometimes poignant, often laugh-out-loud funny-as she wrangles with her fear of more cancer and shame of her altered body. But with indefatigable determination-from scouring the North American continent for the perfect health regimen to conducting a "beautiful breast survey" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art-she does reclaim her moxie!

Octogenarian Elisabeth Leete is a native of Geneva, Switzerland, as her charming French accent will testify. In Quartet, she sings of the joys and sorrows of the turning of the seasons, which so eloquently capture the the turning of life's own seasons, its depths and joys and sorrows well borne. In the sixties, she was the New York correspondent for the French newspaper France-Soir. After moving to Ashfield, she taught French at the School for International Training, Hamshire College, and Greenfield Community College. She is the author of two previous books: Learn French the Fast and Fun Way (1981) and Du Coq a L'Ane (2009), a collection of poetry, prose, and articles from her days as a journalist. She has been an avid contributor of charming witty essays to the Ashfield News and an enthusiastic cellist.

Poetic ruminations on life by a gifted poet with deep insight into nature, family, social justice, the Holocaust, and the power of love to heal.

This is the saga of a woman who realizes early in her life that if she follows her own drumbeat she is going to encounter resistance from those closest to her who want her to be more "normal." As she listens to her inner leadings and says "Yes," her life journey takes her first to Jordan and Lebanon, then after college and seminary on to Ghana, Malawi, Nicaragua, China, Bali, Uganda, Russia, Palestine and beyond--into the homes and hearts of people of consciousness the world around. This is the story of what she learned, how she was changed, and what she has to teach about transforming painful family relationships, religious traditions, political struggles for justice, and cultural scripts that hold women back from the lives they want to be living. "Sandra Boston creates a whirlwind of activity and inspiration that sweeps you up in its gust as she tells the story of her travels around the world and into the depths of the human heart. Be prepared to ask the question somewhere along the ride: "What am I doing with my life that will create positive change in the world?"- for, indeed, that is what Sandra's life is all about." -Gaella Elwell, business owner, Waldorf teacher, friend "There is a clan of women-Vandana Shiva, Eve Ensler, Joanna Macy-warriors who have long refused to accept the life-destroying paradigm of our culture. Through their work, through their living, they have continually pushed the boundaries-creating images and visions for a life-sustaining world. Sandra Boston is a part of that clan. Read these pages. Every breath she takes is for all of us." -Reverend Georganne Greene, Unitarian Universalist minister. Pilgrim Warrior graduate Sandra Boston, MSW, M.Ed., has been self-employed doing work she loves for most of her adult life. She taught communication skills and conflict resolution for forty years based in Thomas Gordon's Parent Effectiveness Training, Gandhian nonviolence, Marshal Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication, Arnold Mindell's Process Work, and Margaret Paul's Inner Bonding among many others. Sandra founded The Pilgrim Warrior Training in 1985, The Women's Leadership Institute in 1996, and The Conscious Communication Institute in 2000. Today she maintains a psychotherapy practice, and does board and staff trainings. She has worked internationally in Canada, Switzerland, Uganda and Russia. She has published a CD and songbook of 54 songs and chants for women's ritual. She is the author of a self-published book, Aiming Your Mind: Strategies and Skills for Conscious Communication as well as a teacher's manual. Sandra lives in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA. www.ccitraining.org

In the summer of 1980, shortly after the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Seattle, Washington, two sisters, Jan and Cheryl Atamian, set out from western Massachusetts on a cross-country bicycle trip. The idea for this trip was originally inspired by their reading of John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley. Combining the observations noted in the sisters' journals, Travels with Cheryl speaks of the generosity and kindness from the people they meet along the way. It is a story of the triumph of the human spirit, surviving an unplanned itinerary, and numerous encounters with unpredictable weather surrounded by the beauty of nature. Enjoy philosophy from the seat of a bicycle; a reflective travel memoir to unclutter the mind.

Through his voice and reflections, Harry wants his poetry to illuminate feelings and desires that stir the heart, soul, and spirit. His poems explore the awakening of wonder, the mystery of love and life, and the courage to live with spiritual values. Within Harry's poetry, there are glimpses of his personal life, spiritual journey, and wisdom to live an authentic life. He invites the reader to contemplate the significance of these messages in their own lives. '"Edmund Rostand's wonderful character and warrior poet Cyrano DeBergerac, once decried poetry as a game of words. Harry Azmitia's 21 poems are no game but linguistic monuments to the very essence of life and to humankind' s massive and often hidden struggles to stay spiritually, emotionally, physically and mentally alive. As a veteran of the Vietnam War, Harry knows about the struggle to stay alive. Warriors of all kinds know this struggle better than us all. Warriors know the abrupt ending that is death; one minute alive and the next, not. Warriors know the crisis's of each new beginning that follows each new end; of each breath's choices made and of prices paid. In each of his poems this tilting balance and the love he reaches for time and again is the renewal of his life and of each of our lives in turn."' - from Harry Norman Azmitia, Jr. "PRAISE FOR HARRY'S POETRY"