How to Be a Wildflower
How to Be a Wildflower

Author: Katie Daisy

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2016-02-16

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1452152659

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A field guide to finding calm, creativity, and self-discovery through encounters with nature. A fresh perspective, an outdoor exploration, a new adventure about to begin—How to Be A Wildflower is a book for celebrating these and other wide-open occasions. Encouraging self-discovery through encounters with nature, beloved artist Katie Daisy brings her beautiful paintings and lettering to this collection of things to do and make, quotes, meditations, natural history, and more. Find wonder and inspiration in these peaceful pages, live life to the fullest, and discover the wild and free spirit within. “For pure whimsy, you just can’t beat How to Be a Wildflower: A Field Guide by Katie Daisy. The Bend, Oregon, artist brings her beautiful paintings and lettering to this delightful book, a collection of nature-inspired quotations, meditations, lore, and even a recipe for fresh strawberry-rhubarb pie.” —Traditional Home

Thoreau's Wildflowers
Thoreau's Wildflowers

Author: Henry David Thoreau

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0300214774

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The first collection of Thoreau's writings on the flowering plants of Concord, with more than 200 drawings by renowned artist Barry Moser Some of Henry David Thoreau's most beautiful nature writing was inspired by the flowering trees and plants of Concord. An inveterate year-round rambler and journal keeper, he faithfully recorded, dated, and described his sightings of the floating water lily, the elusive wild azalea, and the late autumn foliage of the scarlet oak. This inviting selection of Thoreau's best flower writings is arranged by day of the year and accompanied by Thoreau's philosophical speculations and his observations of the weather and of other plants and animals. They illuminate the author's spirituality, his belief in nature's correspondence with the human soul, and his sense that anticipation--of spring, of flowers yet to bloom--renews our connection with the earth and with immortality. Thoreau's Wildflowers features more than 200 of the black-and-white drawings originally created by Barry Moser for his first illustrated book, Flowering Plants of Massachusetts. This volume also presents "Thoreau as Botanist," an essay by Ray Angelo, the leading authority on the flowering plants of Concord.

My Life in Plants
My Life in Plants

Author: Katie Vaz

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1524866040

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A “beautifully illustrated memoir, a deeply personal remembrance about the navigation into adulthood and the plants along the way. Touching and relatable.” (Lori Roberts, author of A Life of Gratitude) From Katie Vaz, author of Don’t Worry, Eat Cake, the beloved Make Yourself Cozy, and The Escape Manual for Introverts, comes My Life in Plants. Her newest book tells the story of her life through the thirty-nine plants that have played both leading and supporting roles, from her childhood to her wedding day. Plants include a homegrown wildflower bouquet wrapped in duct tape that she carried on stage at age three, to a fragrant basil plant that brought her and her kitchen back to life after grief. The stories are personal, poignant, heartwarming, and relatable, and will prompt readers to recall plants of their own that have been witness to both the amazing moments of life and the ordinary ones. This illustrated memoir covers the simplicity of home, the sharpness of loss, the lesson of learning to be present, and the journey of finding your way

Wildflower
Wildflower

Author: Kyle Taylor

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-04-22

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9781494839598

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"More fun than a sex party!" -- Barbette Long before Ru Paul eyed his first pair of six inch stilettos or Boy George donned his colorful caftan, a young man from the small town of Round Rock, Texas, barnstormed the stages of Europe's most lavish theaters and night clubs as Barbette, a beautiful aerialist drag queen who became a scandalous sensation throughout the Roaring Twenties. Performing his erotic, high-wire and trapeze routine in lavish, feminine regalia, Barbette shocked audiences by revealing his true gender at the very end of his act. From a child who picked cotton and walked his mother's clothes line to headlining at the Moulin Rouge in spectacular drag, Wildflower reveals long-forgotten secrets of this enigmatic performer: his arrest in London on morals charges, his bout with polio, his infamous collaborations with some of Hollywood's greatest stars - Orson Welles, Vincente Minnelli and Judy Garland, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis as well as his hidden affair with French surrealist Jean Cocteau. Wildflower reveals the startling and at times heart-breaking story of Round Rock's first and greatest drag queen.

Anywhere That Is Wild
Anywhere That Is Wild

Author: Peter Thomas

Publisher:

Published: 2018-03-27

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781930238831

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Gathered from John Muir's own writings, this fascinating compilation recounts his historic, first walk from the San Francisco bay to Yosemite.

Musings . . . .
Musings . . . .

Author: J.R. Prince

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2018-11-28

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1543459420

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These poems and writings are thoughts, feelings, glimpses, and ideas from the journey of my life. Some are written in good places of my life, and others were written in darkened, desperate instances. Each poem is imbued with a piece of my heart and soul. They are more than words. They are a glimpse into my inner being. The short stories are mad ravings from my overactive imagination. These are the heros I always imagined I could be as the loner introverted child I was. Now that I have found my voice, you are unable shut me up.

Finding Her Way
Finding Her Way

Author: Leah Banicki

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781481087575

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In 1848, women can expect a few bumps along the Oregon Trail. Corinne Temple, age seventeen, has a few ridiculous challenges to face outside the river crossings, snakes, Indians, accidental gunshots and finding enough privacy to be clean along the grimy trail. When Corinne's marriage of convenience gets less convenient she turns to some new friends in the wagon train who help her see the hope for the future. They teach her to take the time to dance and celebrate the small victories, to have faith and determination through the hardest things a person can face. Corinne's journey takes her from the cobblestone streets of fashionable Boston to the rugged mountains of the west, across rivers and deserts, from sea to shining sea. A faithful heart gets this young woman through the hardest days on the trail, her skills and resolve show her and others how a woman can rise from circumstances and survive. Join her as she discovers her own strength and resilience in...Finding Her Way * * Previously released as Seeing The Elephant, revised, rewritten and edited. **Appropriate for ages 12 and above** -Inspirational Historical Romance-

Ethereal Musings
Ethereal Musings

Author: Sahana Kumar

Publisher: JEC PUBLICATION

Published:

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9358509937

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This bundle of joy will transport readers to a beautiful place where the bold heroes have endearing flaws, the women are stronger than they look, and chivalry is alive and well! This is Sahana Kumar's FIRST solo book capturing a few of her handpicked beautiful poetry and quotes, so cheers to that!

TINTED SHADOW
TINTED SHADOW

Author: HANIYA AZFAR

Publisher: SPECTRUM OF THOUGHTS

Published: 2020-10-18

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13:

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Tinted Shadows' is an anthology depicting the mixed aspects and deep meaning of life. This book is tinted with an essence outpouring the journey of life comprising success, failures and other interesting chapters. It is a combined work of 62 English writers all over India, who have beautifully penned up their work in the form of poems, prose, short stories, micro tales and open letters. This book is conceptualised and compiled by Ms.Haniya Azfar and presented by Shanmugavalli.S Enjoy and experience this incredible journey by travelling through the world of words by giving it a read. Happy reading!

Garden Musings
Garden Musings

Author: James K. Roush

Publisher: James Roush

Published: 2009-04

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1440137854

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In the first essay in Garden Musings, this gardening writer states, "The evidence keeps racking up that I, the Hoosier-born offspring of several generations of farmers, chose through ignorance to garden in a delightful area combining the world's worst soil and an exasperating climate, all augmented by various man-made and natural catastrophes such as tornadoes, droughts, prairie fires, hail, drenching rains, ice-storms, late freezes, boiling summers, and seventy mile per hour winds. " Gardening, with all the pressures of struggle between the environment, wild animals, and the gardener, and particularly in the harsh Kansas weather, is not for the faint-hearted as demonstrated by the many essays in the book including Sweet (Corn) Pain, Weather-Weary, Midden Misery, and Soil Sorrows. While the essays are full of useful personal observations about gardening style, plant information, and garden practices, the author also turns his wry eye on tumbling a number of gardening tenets and institutions as he turns his attentions on composting, lawn maintenance, and landscape designers who work primarily in junipers, Japanese barberry and Stella de Oro daylilies. The timing and content of programming of the Home and Garden Television Network and the lack of availability of G-rated gardening statues are other topics that don't escape this garden curmudgeon. Gardeners searching for practical advice or simply for winter-reading pleasure will all find fulfillment within these pages.