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Philly's Bridge: In the blazing heat of an Indian summer, five members of a ragtag woodsworking cooperative from the small town of Glacier, Washington set out to prove that old fashioned methods of treating roadside vegetation are a better alternative to the Forest Service's preference for spraying deadly poisons. Kicked back around campfires under a canopy of stars, their efforts hardly feel sacrificial, taking communion with potato chips and...

Living High is the compelling story of June and Farrar Burn and their unconventional lifestyle, philosophy, and experiences-homesteading a small island in the Salish Sea, living north of the Arctic Circle before Alaska became a state, touring the U.S. in the Burn Ballad Bungalow (pictured on the front cover), and how they lived in a covered wagon while June, at age fifty, earned her master's degree in soil science and nutrition. This seventh e...

The Writers' Corner Anthology is a snapshot of some of the best work being written by the Village Books Writing Groups in Bellingham, WA. In it, you will find short stories, poetry, and essays from the prolific writing community.

In the time that has passed since the murder of our son, I have met and talked to many others that have lost a loved one to murder and I can say without hesitation their only hope and interest has become receiving justice on the loved one's behalf. These victim survivors are not vigilantes, nor are they obsessed with revenge. They continue to be decent law-abiding citizens who now are forced to deal with their grief and emotions on a day-to-da...

Follow Tracy T Rex as she sets out on an adventure to find the dentist. Dinosaur friends help Tracy T Rex overcome her fears and concerns as she wanders through illustrative prehistoric landscapes in search of a dentist that can help her with her T Rex sized toothache.

Canada and the United States share the longest border in the world, yet Canada goes largely unnoticed by Americans. Even those living in the Northwest corner of Washington State, where Canada is so much a part of family ties, business interactions, and the remarkable natural environment, largely ignore Canada. This book is about how a handful of visionaries and one university-Western Washington University-built a program focused on educating s...

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Published in 2018, Pink Sunset Luminaries features 100 poems about nature, love, wonder, and transcendence. Marie has been writing poetry for 30 years to capture beauty through words and imagery.

Reading the short stories of Colleen Libby is something like biting into a ripe persimmon - tender, mellow, fruity, but with an underlying bite that can pucker the senses and leave raw patches in the psyche. Her stories are timeless, slipping from fairy tale to bleak reality, as a sleeper flicks from dreams to the harshness of the morning's duty with each turn on the pillow. Colleen's characters are at turns tough and sensitive, confused and a...

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Human lives unfold in a myriad of different ways revealing truths to be shared. This story is one woman's confessional. It is a memoir about the importance of being broken and the ways a life can be navigated as such. While it is, essentially, the story of one life, it invites a heightened perspective of what is nested within events and choices in anyone's experience.This is a narrative about taking off the mask, leaving roles, and surrenderin...

Point Roberts Backstory tells the fascinating story of a one-of-a-kind American town. Perched on the tip of a Canadian peninsula which extends into U.S. waters, Point Roberts is a community like no other. Residents - including the school kids - have to drive through Canada to get to this unique "exclave" from the U.S. mainland. Point Roberts has seen it all: mysterious middens, smugglers, pirates, squatters, Icelandic-speaking settlers, rock s...

Set in 1979, The Destiny of Salmon is the story of the unforgettable summer 16-year-old Peter Kristiansen spends as a crew member on his dad's commercial fishing boat in the dangerous waters of the Alaska Panhandle. Torn between his separated parents' different ways of life, his father's obsessive chase for a huge haul of salmon, and his own search for love, Peter thinks, "Maybe I would have run away, if I had some place to go. Or maybe Dad an...

Andi attends her college reunion every year. This year is Safehaven College's fiftieth anniversary. As usual, she will meet up with her college friends, visit with professors, and stay in the dormitory for the weekend. Things start out as usual, but on the first night of the reunion, her former college professor seeks her out. Dr. Emelie Walraven has something to tell her and her friends that will change their lives forever. Andi and her frien...

After ten years as a Director at Aerosystems in Seattle, Teri Harlan accepts an intriguing offer: Deputy VP of Quality at her former company. Looking forward to Southern California and working for her long-time friend, Rich Richmond, she receives shocking news just before her arrival: Rich is hospitalized following a serious car accident. Left to start on her own, Teri finds the company she once loved is now a mis-managed snake-pit, infested w...

In the Kingdom of the Alphabet, ruled by the Kindly Queen Fun-to-Read, all the letters lived happily together as one large community. Everything seemed to be perfect, until one day a mean Prince from the far away Kingdom of Can't Read arrived.

The Blue Bottles Writers Studio, a group of four independent writers, share their creativity in this anthology made up of five sections: Creative Memoirs, Stories Inspired by a Photograph, Short Stories, Scribblings-timed, five-seven minute stories that must include five words generated by an internet random word generator, and The Newspaper Challenge, where each writer is challenged to come up with a story to go along with a headline.

Zora's friends often told her how much they learned from the stories she told of her experiences in the occult. They learned not to doubt themselves. They learned to recognize patterns. Having heard and absorbed Zora's narrative, they were able to recognize evil when they encountered it and where able to distinguish human evil from demonic evil. Zora hopes her insights into her own ordeals will help others when they face the unimaginable.Evil ...

This collection of essays, poems and simple yet powerful exercises is designed to help you address the excess baggage in your home, head, heart and schedule. It invites you to take a closer look at clutter, prepare for change, gather support, get out of your own way, learn to let go, and find new ways to navigate time. Carolyn's fresh perspectives, gentle encouragement, and humor help to decrease the shame attached to clutter. She also provide...

Flynn the Cat knows there is a wide world beyond his Sparcgod, his dark and familiar home. He wants to know himself better and learn of things he has never seen or imagined, and so he sets out alone on a quest. With his magical coracle, he launches into unknown waters for an adventure that will change his life.Fiddler, the Wise Old Owl, narrates this exquisite fable, swooping in with riddles and mysteries for Flynn to discover and solve. As Fl...