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This collection of interviews with local residents offers a glimpse of life from pre-World War II through the 1980s in a small Hudson River Valley hamlet, located between Rhinebeck and Hyde Park, New York. The narrators recall what is was like to work on the Great Estates, play all summer in and on the river, get through the Depression, encounter Roosevelts, and live in a once bustling village in simpler times. Each of the narrators interviewed has passed away; but in the stories they left us, each in their own voice, we see how this community, like so many others, is truly a family. From those heartfelt memories, we learn that just as families thrive and struggle together, so did the hamlet of Staatsburg.

A Challenging Peace in the Life and Stories of Jesus is for anyone who is curious about the stories of Jesus, yearns for peace in their own lives and in the world today, or appreciates the intersections of art, story, faith, and justice. The book interprets forty stories from the Gospels through block print images created by the author, along with their Biblical texts. It also includes the author's own reflections that draw on the story, the art-making process, and how it all speaks to the challenge of making peace in our times. The author believes there are universal truths in the stories around Jesus that reach beyond the limits of Christianity and may help to unite us all in creating a more peace-filled world.

In her latest collection of poems, Elizabeth Cunningham takes an imaginative leap into a magical world that is also palpably real, a once-upon-a-time place that could exist just after our own time or long ago. Here we meet a motley assortment of people, a temple sweeper, a sword woman, a morose fool, a merry drunk, an enigmatic ancient dreamer, among a host of others. Human voices mingle with those of animals-the mouse who thinks it's an elephant, a flying pig-and also the voices of river, rain, tree, and stone. Through songs, dreams, and conversations, a story emerges, or many stories woven into one. Cunningham's hypnotically beautiful language draws us into this story, one we may dimly remember and long to hear again.

A child wonders what her dog, "Tesla The Sheltie", dreams about when he goes to sleep. Dog toys? People food? Vacuum nightmares? Zoe's imagination takes us on an adventure to doggie dreamland that will make you wonder…Does your dog dream at night…and if so, what about?

First-person accounts from pioneers of the Hip Culture of Santa Cruz in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.Edited by Ralph H. Abraham with the assistance of Rick Gladstone, Kate Bowland, Paul Lee, Fred McPherson, Don Monkerud, Ed Penniman, and T.Mike Walker

What distinguishes the possible from the impossible? Happiness from unhappiness? More often than not, it is the emotions, beliefs, and opinions that fill our mind, about ourselves and the world. We lose our innate wisdom and peace when we are self-critical, worried, or unable to control our urges. Our habits of thinking and being seem to have a life of their own, and will not truly change until we become aware of how to utilize our innate healing power within, which holds great awareness, intelligence, and compassion¿our true Self.Wende Birtch invites the reader to dive deep into a new level of Self-awareness and compassion with a 6-step self-inquiry practice, based on the powerful and transformational process of Internal Family SystemsSM. With dedication to this daily practice, we soon discover the ability to heal inner hatred, fear and division within ourselves with an amazing Presence of genuine love, wisdom, and courage. We can then experience a new way of being, awakening our greatest potential to love and lead in the world with joy and genuine compassion. Learning to believe in our innate goodness, and that of each other, could possibly be the foundational spiritual practice needed to heal our individual and universal divide.

Love's Last Madness, a translation of selected poems from Darshan Singh's magnum opus Mat¿'-e N¿r, sings of the torments and ecstasies a lover of God experiences on the journey to divine realization. Remarkable for masterfully fulfilling his worldly responsibilities while immersing himself in his mystic quest, Darshan Singh (1921-1989) was a renowned spiritual teacher with tens of thousands of students around the globe. Four-time winner of a prestigious Urdu academy award for poetry in India, he has been acclaimed by critics as one of the greatest mystical poets in the Urdu language.All royalties from this book will be donated to charity.

First-person accounts from pioneers of the Hip Culture of Santa Cruz in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Edited by Ralph H. Abraham with the assistance of Rick Gladstone, Paul Lee, Don Monkerud, and T.Mike Walker

This book is the result of roughly five years of writing poetry and reading it out in the Mid-Hudson Valley's poetry scene. This is my sharing with you my most cherished, personal, playful and deep imaginings.Now I get to put them together into a format that makes a greater whole. I hope you enjoy and are moved and challenged.The groups of poems-most of them anyway-are called Flows. This is because each chapter is a separate entity, a movement through various realms of material, with each having a beginning, a journey, and a conclusion.I see this collection as something to be read slowly and chewed on. Poetry is a chance to speak in a deep and concentrated way. It seems to create the opportunity for poets to delve deeply into themselves or, alternatively, to disappear and allow the events and surroundings to penetrate them. It is also an opportunity for wonder and laughter. Cousins.And then we get to report.After many hours of delving and diving-I am pleased to pass this report on. Now you get to see where it takes you.Happy Travels!

An insider's view of Woodstock from the outside.Space Larrabee had planned to go to the 1969 Woodstock Festival, but he misses it because he procrastinates. And so begins his journey of a thousand miles.Experience what happens when Space meets Thyme. Explore their inner and outer universes as the shadow of Atlantis slowly looms over the music, psychedelia, and dreams of their life and times.Atlantis surfaces periodically in Space's life as a physical antagonist, especially at the Sufi meditation camp they attend at Woodstock, New York in 1974. He surfaces again three years later with a surprise move that shatters the world of Space and Thyme.www.demunson.com

Nate Randall is an almost-was rock star, licking his wounds and failing in a relationship with his financially successful but nihilistic girlfriend, Sheila McNally, when she calls him from her hated job on the 97th floor of World Trade Center Tower 2, which is on fire and about to crumble into lower Manhattan. As her final act, Sheila tells Nate the combination to the safe in her apartment containing a secret trove of damning information. The documentation implicates her employer, United Silicon Enterprises, along with high government officials and members of the garbage mob that include her despised father, Bill McNally, in a scheme to profit from the massive stream of toxic waste the company produces every day.Shaken and transformed by Sheila's death, the subsequent cancer-related death of his best friend and former band mate, Rico Exman, and a couple of near-death experiences of his own, Nate metamorphoses himself into a cub reporter for a small newspaper in Dutch Hollow, the upstate New York town of Sheila's birth. While initially finding a new lease on life as a muckraking investigative journalist living among a tribe of quirky fellow misanthropes (and reluctantly falling in love with a young reporter in the process), Nate becomes increasingly radicalized by the revelations he discovers.Realizing that exposing the byzantine world of the black market toxic waste/drug cartel conspiracy will ultimately be a fruitless, unappreciated and ineffective task, Nate is drawn into the orbit of Nick Vitello, a disgruntled elder mobster who craftily manipulates him into spearheading a violent act of what can only be described as eco-terrorism. As can reasonably be expected, things do not quite go as planned, with catastrophically mixed results. Many of the book's revelations are true and are based on investigations the author performed over a five-year period for The Nation Institute. New York State and especially Hudson Valley residents will enjoy trying to figure out which characters, institutions, events and locales have their seeds in reality, and will hopefully be motivated to look a little closer at the beautiful but tainted world around them. Wasted is testament to the dawning realization in the opening decades of 21st Century America that the threat of terrorism pales in relation to the devastation being wrought by unscrupulous members of our nation's power elite in the name of greed.

This guidebook contains a full-color reproduction of each kneeler and a synopsis of the chapter from The Venerable Bede's Life of Cuthbert, written not long after Cuthbert's death in 687, that inspired the image. I have included some verse to accompany individual images or, in some cases, thematic groups such as the many healings attributed to the saint. I imagine these words being spoken by different characters as in a medieval miracle play, hence my title, The Story of Saint Cuthbert in Many Voices.

In the blink of an eye time can collapse and the curtain between lives blow open before settling back in place. I'm sure it happens all the time, ignored, unnoticed. Go ahead. Close your eyes and imagine such a moment. Who are you? Where are you? Imagine your many selves in that moment all aware of you, as you are of them.Now who are you? Are you still a single self trapped in the confines of time? Let's assume you're not. What tale would you weave of the variation on a theme called your lives here on Earth? To what end are you here?There, I see it now, the dawning, the light in your eyes. Yes, it's true, you, in all your myriad forms, are on a hero's journey. Wandering through time and space, stumbling, tripping, running, crawling, dancing toward wisdom, compassion, and, most importantly, love.Look around you-your family, your friends, even your enemies, they're all on the same journey, the warp to your weft. The anchor points in your eternity.Believe it or not, you are the director, co-writer, and lead actor on these stages, in these pages. What journey will you take us on? Would you like me to share a bit of mine? Where should I begin when there is no beginning? What ending when there is no end?I'll start with the man at the tavern.

Waking up on the Couch is a journey of spiritual awakening. It is an intimate look at how we develop our personalities, identities, defenses, and the letting go of whatever keeps us small. Using her personal story, Beth Miller, invites the reader to take an inner journey, delving into your deepest being in discovery of abiding and embodied contentment.

Here's a sequel that is fecal! A natural progression from the book "What Do Animals Eat?"because what goes in, must come out. Read a fascinatingand informationalrhythmical and rhyminganswer to the question,"Where Do Animals Poop?" "Just like animals movein water or land or sky,they also make movementsas they swim or walk or fly." From Alligator to Zebra,complete with poop photographs and synonyms.

Do you sometimes wonder what you are doing in this world? Is your presence here the result of an accidental collision of random molecules, or are you a coherent entity, with a purpose to pursue?According to this book, your existence is not a mere freakish happenstance, a fleeting flash of light in a senseless sea of darkness. Instead, you are an enduring consciousness: imaginative, adventurous, creative, caring, and loving. Life on Earth can reveal to us many expressions of beauty and wonder. At the same time, this world can also bring us pain, discouragement and a whole catalog of ills. The good and the bad are somehow entwined in each other. Each day we are fed the sour, along with the sweet. If we develop insight as we go along from day to day, we will adapt, we will survive, and we will learn.The concepts presented in this book remind us who we truly are, and also describe and explain some of the underlying workings of this world.

"This is a lovely and much needed book that provides an opportunity to open the conversation regarding bullying with our youngest children. In a 'question and brainstorm answers' format, Ms. Kempner's book will enable families to identify specific episodes of bullying that can occur in preschool and elementary school age children. Once identified, the readers are asked to think of alternative ways to handle the situations in which bullying can, but doesn't have to, occur." ¿Susan D. Boulware, M.D, Assistant Clinical Professor in Pediatrics, Yale Medical UniversityEndorsed and supported by The Turner's Syndrome Society of the United States, TSSUSThis anti-bullying book is designed to teach children to have empathy towards other children that may be perceived as "different." The books helps children realize how painful it is to be teased, isolated or bullied, which hopefully will inspire them to refrain from treating others in this way.From the author:We need to come together as parents, professionals and educators to increase the awareness of the "differences" in many of our children today. We need to teach our children tolerance and acceptance of their peers who are so-called "different." As diagnoses of Autism, ADHD and other syndromes and issues are on the rise, we have no choice but to use awareness and understanding to reinforce empathy in our children. Children that are "different" should not be made to feel like outcasts; they need to be understood, not shunned or ignored.The author: Jennifer Kempner, LCSWR is a mother of three children and a New York State licensed clinical therapist. She received her Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work, specializing in Child and Family Counseling, from Fordham University in New York. She has been working with children, adolescents and adults in various settings since 1999. She currently practices in Dutchess County, New York. For more information, go to http://healingatheart.com/The illustrator: Mish Fornal studied at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Florida and at the School of Visual Arts of NYC. Her illustrations represent the love she experienced in her childhood. Mish now lives in Marlboro, New York with her partner, Dale, and children Pheebee and Cooper. Mish can be found on Facebook under Mish Fornal and Sweet Sketches.

My Amanda Writes is a spoof on a land of eroding liberties and a people becoming increasingly ambivalent of the freedoms they may be losing with each passing year in America. Amanda Wright is a college student in today's world writing to her father on the challenges people face today. Some of the story has a presidential race at stake, an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and a host of liberal and conservative pundits influencing the power vacuum of American politics to the growing obstruction of free speech. The final battleground of victory rests in the Hudson Valley of New York State.As an author and humorist, M. Dusseau has adopted the pen name "Cy Lentman" because he writes satire merely as an observer... poking fun at the world. He makes no claims about his political beliefs, choosing instead to remain a 'silent man,' hence the pen name?Cy Lentman. Cy is forever a hopeless romantic who loves music, art, and political satire. His advice to American society..."Dude, lighten up."

In Explore Your Sacred Truth you will discover simple and effective ways to free yourself from stress and to approach your life from a calm perspective. By focusing on your personal development you learn how to: Live a fulfilling life Access higher states of consciousness Open yourself to infinite possibilities Attract abundance into your life Become one with mind, body and spirit Learn how to manifest your thoughts into reality I first met Theresa LePre through ¿Lightworkers, Healers and Spiritual Thrill-seekers.¿ I was impressed right away with her dedication to truth, words of kindness and inner wisdom. Over time, I have come to appreciate her beautiful gifts all the more. She is the embodiment of kindness and has a truly wonderful outlook on life. She is an inspired teacher and has many lessons to share with the world. Her message is both simple and profound. It speaks directly to the hearts of those willing to hear and apply it. If you are seeking to grow, to learn and to transform your life, do yourself a favor and read what she has to say. Her book, Explore Your Sacred Truth, can lead you step by step through the process of recreating your life path. I would recommend the book for anyone seeking to connect with the greater truth that underlies everything. May blessings and peace follow you all your days.Victoria L. CayceAuthor and distant cousin of Edgar Cayce, Famous PhysicOur journey, from unaware to becoming aware of our ignorance, into the light of knowledge and up into the deep well of wisdom is a rather daunting task. Because of this, we, in this human form run into issues that are not usually addressed in the community, of our decision to create our own personal spiritual journey, the one that leads us to the understanding of sacred truth. Theresa LePre is a skilled author, spiritual adviser and business woman. Theresa is a down-to-earth, plain-spoken teacher who clears the seekers¿ path of all doubt and misinformation. In her book, Explore Your Sacred Truth, we are presented with an up-front approach, and a true, coherent explanation of our separate personal transition from ignorance . . . that is easy to understand and follow.Theresa is a gifted teacher who possesses the skills that she chooses to share in order to help others find their own path as you, the seeker, Explore Your Sacred Truth.Chessie Roberts Host of ¿Get on the Grid with Chessie Roberts¿ on www.soulsignalradio.comAbout the AuthorTheresa LePre was born into a large New York Catholic family. Like many young people she questioned the teachings of her church and began instead the quest for her Sacred Truth.Theresa is a gifted teacher and passionate about helping others. She is eager to share the skills she possesses to help others on their journey through the spiritual wilderness.She has known abundance and hardship, joy and despair, happiness and grief. She has found her spiritual journey to be difficult on occasion, and her mission now is to help others find their own spiritual path and live their own truth. Explore Your Sacred Truth is for all those on the path with unanswered questions.