Bøker av Jacqueline Bachar

Gardens are living poems. Find a quiet spot in your "personal garden" and seek inspiration, meaning, and joy from the writings within this book.Written by California women poets, this anthology of garden poetry expresses women's special relationship with the garden and its many inhabitants. The beautiful as well as humorous is expressed in concepts of the garden that range from the Bonsai tree to the fields of Virginia. Life in a compost heap, the resolute battle with gophers and insects, and the never-ending saga of fighting weeds are among the many amusing stories told with affectionate resolve. Editor Jacqueline Bachar, inspired by the beautiful public and private gardens in California, presents a collection of original poems by individuals who range from a ten-year-old student to a great-grandmother. Some are publishing their work for the first time while others have previously published hundreds of their creations. Each finds inspiration in the garden in a uniquely personal way. "Poetry in the Garden correlates ownership and affection, and reveres those things which grow through the cycles of life. Most of the poets draw upon the nature in their gardens to speculate on the nature of life and on time passing. Ruth Adam's narrative poem, "An Inheritance," expresses nostalgia and cohesiveness that thread through generations. Lois Olsen's "Weeds" and Ruth Dement's "Rejuvenation" comment on the insistence of life. Nature is a peaceful constant and invokes a memory of the past as a result. Whether defying gophers or hailing the praises of an antique rose, all the poems relate to the restfulness that comes with tending a garden." --Heather Teeter Jacqueline Bachar is author and editor of Life on the Ohio Frontier: A Collection of Letters from Mary Lott to Deacon John Phillips (1826-1846). She spoke about Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the United Nations and received the Stanton Appreciation Award from the National Council of Women. In 2010, Bachar was named a Woman of Distinction and awarded a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from the National League of PEN Women, Palm Springs.

"Once more, I lift my pen to let you know that through the mercy of Him that never sleeps nor slumbers, we are all alive and in common health." --Mary LottThese letters tell the story of Mary Phillips Lott and describe the sadness and tribulations of life on the Ohio frontier. Since Mary Lott's grave is unknown and documentation of her life almost non-existent, the book marks her memory and place in history. Readers will be struck by her courage and inner strength in a time of hardship and adversity, the strong religious faith she expressed, her expressions of family longing, and the ultimate fact of facing her future alone. After Mary's husband died, an inventory of possessions was taken and included, incongruously, one red fan. A memento from a happier time and place perhaps, it evokes a vision of a woman filled with hopes and dreams moving forward into the future. Mary Lott's life should be considered a proud tribute to all the women who went before and came after clutching and cherishing their own red fans. Life On the Ohio Frontier includes illustrations, maps, ancestral charts, and many references to family and friends in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. The book received an Honorable Mention Award in the Anna Ford Family Book Contest (Heart of America Genealogical Society & Library, Kansas City, Missouri). "For the genealogist, Mary's letters show clearly the 'chain' migration of many nineteenth-century pioneer families, portraying the rhythms of frontier life, the vulnerability to the elements, the often unrelenting loneliness, the importance of a helping hand from the community in times of need, and ultimately our ancestors' faith in God to see them through." --Ralph J. Crandall "These letters from Mary Lott of Delaware County, Ohio to her long separated older brother in Pennsylvania tell of daily life on the frontier--the poverty, the hardship, the poor health that prevailed and the longing of Mary to visit her family in Pennsylvania, always prevented by lack of money, suitable traveling companions, and poor transportation. Although some genealogical information and many clues are included this is not intended to be a family history. The letters of Mary Lott will be of interest to students of pioneer Ohio and women's studies." --Ohio Genealogical Society ReportJacqueline Bachar is the editor of Poetry in The Garden, an anthology of California women poets. In 1995, she spoke about her relative Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the United Nations during their 50th anniversary celebration in New York and, in 1998, received the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Appreciation Award from the National Council of Women. At the Woman of Distinction in the Arts Luncheon in 2010, Bachar was awarded a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from the National League of PEN Women, Palm Springs.