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Heining's work shows raw emotion roiling just below the surface. His trademark: PASSION...be he citing love/sacrifice, anger/revenge, or oft something in between. (CARING: Steven once saved a nearly-pulped 3 A.M. mugging victim by simply using his car's horn/high-beams. COMBATIVE: He then terrorized the muggers by nearly running 'em down after a harassing twenty-block pursuit.) Yes, Heining is never ordinary/ALWAYS provocative. In Latin: "sui generis."Steven's trauma over his wife's death explains BETWEEN TWO WORLDS' theme: mortality. Facing life's fragility. Here Heining explores the heart's chiaroscuro (love's lows/highs); yet ever the rebel, he's done so by fusing different forms (quotes, dedication, preface, in memoriam, story, cryptograms/their answers). BTW is quality over quantity, poignant even if petite. Er, poignant save Steven's one Cujo-like baring of fangs. (Ibsen wrote: "To live is to war with trolls.")BTW's literary rating: PG-13.

Daily life during a pandemic is unnerving enough without constant worries over whether you will go hungry tomorrow or have enough nutritious, sustaining meals to feed your family. This ongoing shortage has become more crucial than ever as local hunger relief programs observed a 40% rise in food insecurity and the need for assistance during the pandemic. I vividly remember being a young mother, scrimping to buy my toddler meat and vegetables and being grateful for my own meal of oatmeal and tea. The current situation is even more challenging, due in part to the constraints imposed by Covid-19.Access to nourishing food is difficult for countless people in rural, inner city and low-income communities. Many people are forced to eat the most highly processed and least nutritious food - because it is the only food available and affordable near home. Although highly processed food may help people meet their calorie needs, it does not provide the essential nutrients necessary to keep them healthy. Many forms of malnutrition result from these circumstances.Thankful for being retired, healthy and financially secure, I spent my time in isolation improving my own health and creating this cookbook in support of people facing a lack of proper nourishment. My objective is to share wholesome, comforting, and thrifty recipes to help all cooks be more creative using whatever ingredients are available. All royalties from the sale of this publication will go to the local food bank and my neighbors experiencing food insecurity during these challenging times.

Cretan Courage: The Milatos Cave and Beyond is a dramatic family history, beginning in Crete, Greece, which comes alive through the fascinating, multi-generational journey of Greek Cretans.The lively narrative includes eyewitness descriptions of Crete's history, including massacres and attempted genocide by Turkish soldiers, death marches to slave markets, child kidnappings, mass murders, and systemic abuse of innocent women. Despite enduring unimaginable brutality, the actual events paint a vivid picture of Cretan courage and fortitude. After rebellions, revolution, and the ultimate liberation their island, the Cretans emerge with their extraordinary vitality, like a phoenix from the ashes.The family members' paths diverge as some gamble their lives to emigrate to the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century. As immigrants in the U.S., they endure punishing factory work and frontline injuries in wars they fight for their new country. Despite hardships, many joys and accomplishments dominate their lives. As the third generation of Greek Americans come of age in the U.S., they learn their ancestral roots, and bond with prior generations that struggled to provide them with a better life.On the cusp of the 200-year anniversary of the historic Milatos Cave massacre, in which the author's great-great-great-great grandfather was murdered, this book is a powerful account of the actual events and people that shaped history.

Into the aftermath of 9/11 is born an ever-growing, ill-fitting generation of children that, as the pressures of the 21st century reach their breaking point, simply opts out-from family, school, from the concept of gravity itself-taking flight on the currents of dark energy, upward, outward . . .A modern American odyssey, Wonderless charts the cross-country journey of our first post-anxiety generation-young souls who live without the worry, but also without the wonder.

As I write this in 2022, we enter year three of a global pandemic. The pandemic's impact on education is already emerging and I suspect will be future research paper fodder. One impact is teacher "fallout" from the profession. Teachers are leaving in record numbers from retirement, early retirement, and even mid-career professionals are abandoning teaching.So, how do we attract vibrant, creative, and intelligent individuals to this important profession? How do we retain outstanding teachers who are considering leaving the profession?Instead of ascribing to "scripted curriculums" for teachers, or devising testing strategies to hold teachers accountable, we should focus on strategies to invigorate novice teachers. How can they use their pedagogical skills to create engaging curricula? Teachers become artists when developing story lines for their curriculum that fosters student passions for learning. This approach engages both the student and the teacher to keep everyone intellectually engaged in their profession.The core struggle between "why I want to teach" and the parameters inflicted on teachers often leads to many exiting the profession within five years. This book examines why I entered this profession and what sustained me through four decades.At first glance, these essays may appear an unkempt time travel journey flowing between two careers-a high school teacher and a university professor-or too specific to offer pragmatic advice. However, I argue that four essential traits: passion, flexibility, building community, and developing intellectual engagement are needed in the practice of teaching. They are the rudder that guides teachers through the uncharted waters, and will ultimately sustain their fire for making a difference in children's lives.The format I offer are personal essays and reflections built around these four cornerstones of good teaching. Each cornerstone contains several essays that relate to that theme. While there are many books written about educational pedagogy as well as methodology, this collection is about why individuals go into teaching and what sustains their passion to continue.My intended audience includes preservice teachers, beginning teachers, experienced teacher-leaders who coach new teachers, and all those interested in how education happens. Let's roll up our sleeves and get started.

In A Trilogy That Explains Spiritual Growth, Jacqueline McNeil Watts has written and published under one cover, three books that reveal information that used to be taught in mystery schools to an elite audience. These Ageless Wisdom teachings are truths that have been hidden and/or misunderstood by Earth's humanity for many, many years. Due to our current level of evolution, we are now ready to receive and understand this information. We are also ready to learn how we can participate consciously in our growth from third-dimensional human beings to fifth-dimensional spirit beings, and how we are co-creating a new Earth along with more evolved beings and with the Supreme Creator of all that exists.This trilogy will be a rewarding and delightful eye-opener to those who wish to understand spiritual truths on a deeper level than that which is presented by most religions.

What do you do when there are too many things to do? For many professionals, the demands of work and life continue to expand as their careers advance. The ability to find a way to both manage the expanding scope and responsibilities of life and to also feel fully engaged eludes most. However, some have figured it out and solved this problem.The Balance Equation is informed by the authors' work with thousands of busy, successful people with too much to do. It's an examination and thoughtful analysis of those who have struggled to manage it all, and those who have developed ways to make it all work. It's a guide for people who want to create both success and satisfaction in their life and work. It's a framework for those who want to find a way to live an impactful, meaningful, fulfilled life without sacrificing their sleep, health, relationships, or wellbeing. Like a tricky math problem, the solution isn't always obvious; but for those who are willing to examine the variables, structure the steps, and do the work, the balance equation can be solved.

Watertown, New York is a city surrounded by the natural beauty that is the North Country. The Adirondack Mountains, Tug Hill Plateau, the St. Lawrence and Black Rivers, along with Lake Ontario, make Watertown a wonderful place to live.The founders of Watertown settled here because of the power of the Black River and its many waterfalls. Many industrial businesses harnessed the river for its waterpower. These businesses created products that gained national and worldwide acclaim.This book tells the story of Watertown's birth and growth. It includes approximately 1,300 pictures, which provide a visual look at the people and businesses that nurtured that growth. Prominent citizens gave back to the city they loved with a library, a park, hospitals, churches, schools and many other contributions.As you read, you will see how Watertown grew from a small agricultural village into an industrial powerhouse of the early twentieth century. You will meet the people who left a lasting legacy of architecture and recreation. You will see Watertown as it was and as it is now.

These poems were born from a place of hope. With the rise of environmental degradation and animal and human exploitation, I offer these words to comfort your troubled mind and rest your tired soul. This collection of poetry and prose honors the suffering we experience individually and collectively exploring themes of heartache, spiritual awakening, existential grief, and healing. This book examines consciousness and what it means to be human.

Clawing herself out of the caustic and sewage-laden river, Anna can only think of one thing-getting home. Though she lives just a few short blocks from the acrid waterway, she soon finds that the journey she's about to take is much longer and infinitely more transformative. For Anna lives in a steel town, a modern-day American steel town where the environmental movement slipped away years ago. She's spent her entire young existence in the shadows of the furnaces that give her town life. She has never questioned what they are or what they mean for the world around her.The Big Ol' Man in the Sky is the story of one fateful weekend when all that begins to change. It's a story about lives forgotten and memories rekindled. It's a story of the unending quest for truth and purpose.

Jag is one very special painted pony. Join him on his adventures as he learn about friendship and trust.¿Jag is one very special painted pony. Join him on his adventures as he learn about friendship and trust.

Have you ever wondered what specifically takes place if you, or someone you love, were to experience hospice care? Honestly, during an unthinkable crisis, wouldn't it be a relief if your wants and your fears were among the top priorities being addressed? And wouldn't you like to know that the attention includes both you and your loved ones? Imagine how comforting it would be to have the same nurse, nurse aide, social worker and others give you care for the entire time you or your loved one is on service. And after the crisis is over and all the sympathy calls have subsided, think about the reassuring comfort received from someone who stays in contact with you for over a year after the crisis is over. Author Rick Schneider reveals through his own eye-opening experiences and observations that when time appears to be limited, hospice care gives you the assistance to do what is most important to you. Simple Human Compassion will illustrate as nothing else can how touch, not technology, is what is needed at the end of life.

This book inspires imaginative minds and is intended to bring a smile to a child's face and sense of contentment to the reader.For parents, grandparents, and caregivers who enjoy poetry and love to read to children, Seven Poems for Seven Nights: Bedtime Poetry helps build a bond through the shared reading experience, the importance of which cannot be understated. It's great for anytime of day, but especially bedtime.There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a young child's expressions as they are being read a book. The author hopes his poetry gives your child a reason to smile!

High in the Italian hills, lived a family of five pigs. The mother and father were generally proud of their self-reliant piglets.That is, except for the middle pig. While his sisters would forage for the family food, he thought everything was just a game.But in fact, he would never have a name himself, if he didn''t do the same.Readers of Maurice Sendak''s Chicken Soup with Rice, and Alligators All Around will be sure to enjoy this fairytale told in rhyme, along with its colorful illustrations.Young children will enjoy this silly tale of a piglet who must find a special food to forage, in order to earn his own name.Older children may grasp the deeper meaning, that there is value in working together, towards a shared goal.In addition, there is an overarching broader narrative regarding the necessity for human stewardship of our one world.This complex topic is written into the seemingly simple fairytale, so that children may understand the concept.

A real messed-up vacationCathleen and her friends were excited to take an enjoyable weekend vacation in the amazing realm of Avalon. However, their plans were spoiled after they found all the portals between realms sealed, and the most important portals, stolen. Who had stolen and locked the portals? With the help of a secret riddle and a herd of wild horses, Cathleen and her friends must find the main portals and return them to their rightful place before travel between the realms is forever lost!