Download or read book Thoughts of Home written by Elaine Greene and published by Hearst Communications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Each of us has a true personal landscape, but some people never find it. I was lucky to find mine when I was a child, & never to lose it," says one author. Riveting, poignant, funny, the essays gathered here in Thoughts of Home all speak of the dreams, the memories - & the sometimes-painful realities - of the personal landscapes we call home. For some, home is defined be a passion for a place. On "The Trying-to-Leave-New-Orleans Blues" a young woman makes three vain attempts to "achieve escape velocity" from "the powerful force field" of New Orleans, where at lunchtime she will "walk down to the Napoleon House bar & cafe, one of the most wistfully beautiful interiors in America...The waiters are languid, understanding men in white button-down shirts with old-fashioned ribbed shirts shoeing through." For others home is the house where they grew up. In the mysterious "A Haunted Place" a daughter & son decide not to sell the family home after they hear the footsteps of their dead father on the stairs. In "The Time-Travel Game" a grown woman still returns to a Manhattan park bench in front of her childhood apartment when she needs to "reconfirm the past." & as "The Grandmother Who Could do Anything" makes clear, home is also about people we love. For this author it was a sturdy, down-to-earth woman who could both coolly chop the heads off live chickens & warmly open her arms to her granddaughter. "With Grandma holding me, my face against the bib of her apron, I felt invincible, as if nothing could ever hurt me." In "Mother's Gifts," an army brat who moved twelve times in her childhood honors her mother's ability to make a home no matter how dispiriting the circumstances. Her weapons were heirlooms, family rituals, & curtains. "By my mother's standards...we were not at home until every window was properly dressed. Even the wilder reaches of the natural world can become a home to those looking for a sense of quiet continuity. In "Almost Like Hibernation" a couple decides to live in a log cabin in the remote Yaak Valley in northwestern Montana, where the big excitement is watching otters play on the ice, or simply waiting for the mail. "We used to live in cities, where we felt clumsy, rushed, prone to mistakes...Now, finally, I think we have founds our level, somewhere way down near the bottom of things." The essays in Thought of Home provide vivid glimpses into other people's lives, but these stories - no matter how different from our own - always strikes a cord of recognition. Each somehow makes us appreciate our personal histories.
Download or read book Mindful Thoughts at Home written by Kate Peers and published by Leaping Hare Press. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mindfulness is about being truly present and fully engaged with whatever we're doing at that moment, anchoring ourselves in the present. We aim to be aware of our thoughts and feelings without getting caught up in them, letting go of distraction and judgement. We usually focus on the past or the future, but with mindfulness, we pay attention to what is around us, things that we would normally take for granted. So why not put some focus on your home environment? The layout, ambiance, and decor in your home can offer a perfect complement to the sense of wellness that mindfulness creates. It is our home, after all. This book contains 25 thoughts that let you use mindfulness to improve your living space, from decorating and cleaning to how to harness the light during the day and sleep more comfortably at night."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Gentle Philosopher Or Home Thoughts for Home Thinkers written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Home thoughts and home scenes in original poems by J Ingelow and others and pictures by A B Houghton engr by the brothers Dalziel written by Home thoughts and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book House Beautiful Thoughts of Home written by Elaine Greene and published by Hearst Books. This book was released on 1999-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riveting, funny, pointed, and poignant, the 44 essays gathered in this anthology speak eloquently of dreams, memories, and the sometimes bittersweet realities of the personal landscapes we call home.
Download or read book Thoughts for Home in Prose and Verse written by Hannah Ransome Geldart and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Golden Thoughts on Mother Home and Heaven written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Golden Thoughts of Mother Home Heaven written by Gene Fedele and published by Bridge Logos Foundation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Golden Thoughts of Mother, Home & Heaven Brings the best of timeless prose and poetry into your home. This classic volume inspires, instructs, and imparts encouragement to readers of all ages. Let these eternal truths and enduring gems of wisdom fill your heart and mind. Book jacket.
Download or read book Thoughts of Home written by Valerie Bryson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Home Thoughts and Public Utterances written by William Baldwin Affleck and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Never Thought of It That Way written by Mónica Guzmán and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PORCHLIGHT BOOKS JUNE 2022 NONFICTION BESTSELLER “I can see this book helping estranged parties who are equally invested in bridging a gap—it could be assigned reading for fractured families aspiring to a harmonious Thanksgiving dinner.” —New York Times “Like all skills, these techniques take practice. But anyone who sincerely wants to bridge the gaps in understanding will appreciate this book. Guzmán is emphatic about making an effort to work on difficult conversations.” —Manhattan Book Review We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions. Journalist Mónica Guzmán is the loving liberal daughter of Mexican immigrants who voted—twice—for Donald Trump. When the country could no longer see straight across the political divide, Mónica set out to find what was blinding us and discovered the most eye-opening tool we’re not using: our own built-in curiosity. Partisanship is up, trust is down, and our social media feeds make us sure we’re right and everyone else is ignorant (or worse). But avoiding one another is hurting our relationships and our society. In this timely, personal guide, Mónica, the chief storyteller for the national cross-partisan depolarization organization Braver Angels, takes you to the real front lines of a crisis that threatens to grind America to a halt—broken conversations among confounded people. She shows you how to overcome the fear and certainty that surround us to finally do what only seems impossible: understand and even learn from people in your life whose whole worldview is different from or even opposed to yours. Drawing from cross-partisan conversations she’s had, organized, or witnessed everywhere from the echo chambers on social media to the wheat fields in Oregon to raw, unfiltered fights with her own family on election night, Mónica shows how you can put your natural sense of wonder to work for you immediately, finding the answers you need by talking with people—rather than about them—and asking the questions you want, curiously. In these pages, you’ll learn: How to ask what you really want to know (even if you’re afraid to) How to grow smarter from even the most tense interactions, online or off How to cross boundaries and find common ground—with anyone Whether you’re left, right, center, or not a fan of labels: If you’re ready to fight back against the confusion, heartbreak, and madness of our dangerously divided times—in your own life, at least—Mónica’s got the tools and fresh, surprising insights to prove that seeing where people are coming from isn’t just possible. It’s easier than you think.
Download or read book Black Aperture written by Matt Rasmussen and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his moving debut collection, Matt Rasmussen faces the tragedy of his brother's suicide, refusing to focus on the expected pathos, blurring the edge between grief and humor. In "Outgoing," the speaker erases his brother's answering machine message to save his family from "the shame of dead you / answering calls." In other poems, once-ordinary objects become dreamlike. A buried light bulb blooms downward, "a flower / of smoldering filaments." A refrigerator holds an evening landscape, "a tinfoil lake," "vegetables / dying in the crisper." Destructive and redemptive, Black Aperture opens to the complicated entanglements of mourning: damage and healing, sorrow and laughter, and torment balanced with moments of relief.
Download or read book THE HEARTH STONE THOUGHTS UPON HOME LIFE IN OUR CITIES written by SAMUEL OSGOOD and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 1854-01-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These thoughts are published for the same reason that led the author from time to time to put them upon paper,—a wish to meet a want in the sphere of the affections rather than to claim any honor in the kingdom of ideas. Wherever important questions have been at issue he has not avoided them, however conspicuous or controverted; but the volume aims to breathe a kindly spirit above the reach of sect and party. He is not ashamed to have his style show something of the habit of his profession, and to use, in part, ideas that he has expressed in the lyceum and the pulpit in a different form. It will be seen that the several subjects connect themselves more or less closely with a year’s life in the household, and that the light which cheers the whole twelvemonth is kindled on the hearth-stone at Christmas and New Year.
Download or read book I m Failing At This Thing Called Home written by Brooke Sailer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brooke Sailer has written a hopeful book for the woman who wants to thrive at home--longing to be a good homemaker but feeling like a failure amidst chaos and mess. Brooke uses her own "busy mom" life to motivate and inspire confidence in others
Download or read book Thoughts of Home written by Elaine Greene and published by Hearst Communications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riveting, funny, pointed, and poignant, the forty-four essays gathered in this anthology speak eloquently of dreams, memories -- and sometimes the painful realities -- of the personal landscapes we call home. For most people, the notion of home is central to their lives; by the same token, there are a multitude of definitions of the word, many of them very personal and particular. These essays explore the different meanings and significances of home, from a house where one grew up to a passion for a place. Not only do they provide fascinating and vivid glimpses into their authors' lives, but these recollections also invariably strike a chord with the reader. No matter how different from our own, each story touches us, eliciting reflection on our personal histories.
Download or read book Home thoughts a monthly magazine of literature science and domestic economy written by and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thoughts and Notes at Home and Abroad written by Elihu Burritt and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
