Grandma’s Potpourri is a collection of poems from Pearl Klusman. These poems reflect Pearl’s personal journey through life, love, joy, and loss. Through it all Pearl keeps her focus on the One who can bring healing and peace to a broken world. The poems in this book were written as a way of expressing feelings over the life and loss that we all experience. She uses her inspiration and life song to encourage her readers to trust in God and to know that He has everything and everyone in His hands. Topics include life, death, love, nature, Christ, and hope, and many others.
During his sophomore year at college, Charlie is assigned to keep a journal. He can't imagine finding something to write about every day. After all, his life isn't very exciting. He goes to class in the morning, then drives home to make lunch for Grandma. She's been living with Charlie and his mother for over a year now. The rest of the family gave up on her. Charlie's trying not to, but it's hard to be optimistic when she's still using a commode. Written in journal entries, The Prosaic Journal of an Aspiring Writer, tells the story of Charlie's confrontation with cancer. One year removed from chemotherapy, Grandma struggles to regain her strength. Charlie and his mother walk beside her. They make her meals and give her baths. They endure the daily burden with the hope of one day rediscovering the pleasures of dinner at Grandma's house. Charlie's journal becomes his savior, a place to vent his frustrations. Comfort lies not only in his purging of raw emotion but also in the humorous observations he extracts from his daily routine. Were it not for his ability to laugh, Charlie might have given up a long time ago.
This handy little guide is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to keep their home sparklingly clean without resorting to chemical products. Rebecca draws on traditional cleaning techniques, bringing them up to date to suit the modern home. Taking the time to create your own cleaning products, from floor polish to washing up liquid, creates a more mindful approach to the home and encourages greater respect and care for our surroundings. With just a few simple ingredients, such as salt, bicarb, lemons and essential oils, your home can be clean, fresh and fragrant, as well as environmentally friendly. This inspiring guide is a must for anyone interested in living a simpler, more purposeful life.
The rosé-lover’s guide to entertaining with more than forty creative cocktails and party inspiration from the creator of the Crafts and Cocktails blog. This enchanting book extols the many virtues of rosé—and shows how to craft enticing cocktails with this beloved pink wine that’s versatile, affordable, and fashionable. Choose from tried-and-true classics like sours, spritzes, punches, and palomas—or experiment with contemporary concoctions like a Rosé-Aperol Spritz or even your own Frosé. Organized by gathering, each chapter includes recipes and styling ideas for rosé-perfect occasions throughout the year like Mother’s Day, pool parties, and bachelorette celebrations. You’ll also discover tabletop styling tips, food pairings, and plenty of clever bar techniques, such as creating rosé liqueurs, flavoring and garnishing with botanicals, and more.
The Truth Is Out There...But So Are Lies. #1 New York Times best-selling author Claudia Gray extends the story of The X-Files beyond its eleventh season in this thrilling--and romantic--original novel. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are still reeling from the death of their son William, but cautiously joyous about Scully’s unexpected pregnancy. Determined to raise this child together, Mulder and Scully struggle to find meaning away from the X-Files as they navigate the uncertain waters of their relationship. Then the FBI asks for their help tracking down two mysterious serial killers: one who seems to be able to control electricity, and another who disappears from the scene of the crime in what witnesses describe as a puff of smoke. It’s enough for the Bureau to re-open the X-Files—if Mulder and Scully are willing. They reluctantly agree, cautious about what it might mean for them and their unborn child but determined to find justice for the killers’ victims. But their return to the X-Files sparks the interest of a shadowy cabal, the heirs to the now-dead Syndicate, and Mulder and Scully soon discover that their investigation is connected to a worldwide threat on an unprecedented scale . . . one with their own future at its heart.
If you read wine reviews, you're already either amused or confused by the soaring language wine writers often use to describe what they're smelling and tasting. But do you always know what they mean? Have you ever sipped a complex white and sensed what's so colorfully described as a peacock's tail? Have you ever savored a full-bodied red only to detect the ripe acrid smell of a horse stall? If not, you're in for a treat, because these terms and thousands more are all here to amuse, dismay, enlighten, inspire, puzzle, and utterly shock you . Welcome to the rich linguistic universe of wine speak: a world where words and wine intersect in an uncontrolled riot of language guaranteed to keep you entertained for hours. The author, a lifelong lover of both wine and words, has compiled and organized this unique thesaurus of 36,975 wine tasting descriptors into 20 special collections extracted from 27 categories so you can locate exactly the right term or phrase to express yourself clearly or to understand others. May your path across the galaxy of wine be paved only with labels from the very best bottles on earth. Or, much more cautiously, with wines that could introduce you to angel pee, citronella, eastern European fruit soup, Godzilla, iodine, ladies' underwear, mustard gas, old running shoes, rawhide, hot tar roads, bubblegum, sweaty saddles, crushed ants, kitchen drains, or even turpentine.
Nick, a popular and well-liked high school junior, is looking forward to another outstanding year, coasting toward graduation and a stellar football career like his dad. This all changes when a new girl, Cat, enrolls in school and says they were once boyfriend and girlfriend—years ago! But worse still, Nick begins remembering WWII and a boy named Jean Claude, who, while enrolled in a military academy in a small French town, was in love with a gypsy girl, Chaton. Nick’s perfect life begins to unravel bit by bit. And he’s starting to be attracted to Cat, much to the disbelief and anger of his class-president girlfriend, Emily. In one short moment, Cat has turned his life into a catastrophe.
A woman's car is picked up by a tornado--while she's in it! This collection is a sampling of your favorite stories from Woman of Spirit magazine. It offers slices of real life, true love, solutions, healing, parenting, miracles, angels, humor, and heartbreak. Not to mention several doses of the inimitable wit of Kim Peckham. A pear tree is saved by prayer bees. These true stories are written by more than 50 women who live right in the middle of today's world--women who have seen God reach down and touch lives. A mother loses a daughter in an accident. Then her son dies of AIDS. Together they paint a mosaic of grace amid the grit of everyday life. So sit down, pick up a glass of lemonade, and settle in for a good long visit with some wonderful friends, old and new.
The Cleaned-Up Woman: From the Pole to the Pulpit is a rags-to-riches story with a twist that tells the many obstacles Dalphne Reed faced growing up. Life was not fair for Dalphne from being rape, teen pregnancy, being homeless, and feeling worthless; no one loved her or cared for her. Her home life wasn't ideal: her mother showed her no love, and her father was there but did not protect her against her mother's wrath. After being kicked out in the streets, Dalphne only dreamed of love and success. When everything else fell, she decided to be successful by any means necessary and turned to the life of a stripper. Being a stripper allowed her to support herself and pay for her college tuition. She felt stuck and gave up on love because of her life as a stripper. But in the end, love found her and changed her life around completely.
According to an AARP survey, 45 percent of grandparents report that the primary barrier to seeing their grandchildren is the physical distance that separates them. Yet, the desire to communicate is strong. Janet Teitsort, a long-distance grandma herself, comes to the rescue with a year's worth of ideas to remain close even when the miles divide. Among her numerous ideas are art projects, recipes, and simple gifts that keep hearts knitted together. Whether children are toddlers or college students, Teitsort offers a cornucopia of connection possibilities including a strong recommendation for grandparents to embrace technology with ideas involving audiotape, videotape, email, and the Internet. As the grandparent population swells with Baby Boomers, this book is truly timely.
