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Climate fiction without apocalypse, set in and around Washington, D.C. Newly minted engineering professor Jake Harper, dealing with issues of mild dyslexia and awkwardness with public speaking, wants to stave off climate weirding by re-engineering the North American electric grids. His pregnant partner Abbey London, sassy but irresistible, starts her practice as an infectious disease specialist, concerned with encroaching tropical diseases. Together they operate her parents' Dragonfly Inn just twenty minutes away in northern Virginia. A chance encounter at a lecture at George Washington University causes Jake to become suspicious that someone may be plotting a cyberattack on critical electrical infrastructure. Abbey discovers an infection new to North America has infiltrated the drug-injecting population in the Capital, and she must personally and professionally rise to the challenge.

Join us as we embark on new adventures, not as solitary wanderers, but as a vibrant community of explorers united by our shared love for discovery and storytelling. In this anthology, each page invites you to join travelers from the Wayfaring Writers' community as we recount our escapades and soul-stirring encounters in Oaxaca, Mexico. Our stories span the spectrum of human experience, bound together by the thread of curiosity that binds us all.But this anthology is more than just a collection of travel tales. Oaxaca, A Wayfaring Writers' Anthology, is an embodiment of the Wayfaring Writers' spirit-a tapestry woven from the voices of diverse storytellers, each contributing their unique perspective to create a mosaic of shared experiences. Whether you're an armchair traveler or a globetrotter at heart, these pages will ignite your wanderlust and inspire you to embark on your own extraordinary journey.Find out where were off to next at wayfaringwriters.com!There are those moments when the doors inside me don't work the way I want them to, and sometimes they let the wrong things in, despite my best efforts. -Chris HomanI continued to wander, all the while enjoying the cacophony and the bustle-the streets and people of Oaxaca providing bright, confetti-like magic to the ordinary days.-Linda Burshia-BattleFour blocks later, I'm not even lost in thought when it hits me. A wall of cardamom. One moment there is nothing; the next, a scent so overwhelming that, though invisible, takes up every available space. It is as if every molecule of oxygen also has a molecule of cardamom attached to it.-Carmella Bauman

Gene and Toots: A Story of Love...and Recovery, is a poignant and uplifting account of one couple's nearly thirty-year love affair. Two divorced adults with five teenagers between them, Marilea and Gene weren't looking for love. They were content to lay back and enjoy their freedom. But then love found them. At mid-life. When men and women often start dreaming about second chances.Energized by hope, attracted by desire, Gene and Toots is a memoir about the power of love, how two people with plenty of baggage came together and took that second chance they'd not dared hope for. No one was more surprised than Marilea to be so smitten with Gene from the very start.Gene and Toots is the third and last in a series of memoirs, all of them about recovery from substance use disorder. The first two books are unflinchingly honest and raw, leaving little to the imagination. Gene and Toots is a fitting conclusion to Marilea's recovery story, painting a detailed picture of the power of love in seeking one's own redemption and transformation.

Man Alone is set in and around a complex Seattle where Rat City meets the Billionaires' Club. Zene, a man alone, lives in a chaotic, sexually disruptive and violence-wrecked world. His life ruined after a chain of disappointments and falls-the fruits of his violent nature-Zene runs into Karizma, a love-creature from his past, and he's smitten again, knowing all the while that for him, there's no future in love. Not your basic romance, for sure.

Born into an evangelical church family, Ronna grows up feeling lonely and unloved. She perceives herself as different-and thereby, unwanted-alienated by a faith hostile to outsiders. Unbeknownst to Ronna, her preacher-father is a closeted homosexual, inwardly raging at his suppressed sexuality. He raises his daughters with an iron hand, ensuring they conform to the church's traditional values. Ronna rebels, believing she can leave her upbringing behind and walk away, unscathed.Ronna unwittingly marries a man in denial about his own sexual preferences, caring for him and their four children almost singlehandedly. As their sex life and bank account dwindle to nothing, fear keeps her silent. When her father-previously spurned by his beloved church-dies of AIDS, Ronna is forced to reexamine her joyless existence. She finds the courage to stand on her own: pursuing her gifts and awakening to herself. In the process, she falls in love with her own life.

The author takes the reader on a journey from the sheltered suburban life of a white girl-through trying marijuana and dancing to Janis Joplin during the Summer of Love in San Francisco, having a spiritual epiphany about the Oneness of the Universe while on an entomology camping expedition across Africa, and then returning to realize that the Flower Children she'd left behind had somehow shared her epiphany. Carol is shocked to realize the depths of injustice of the world, the nefarious workings of her own government, and the extent of racism even in her own liberal family. Through the struggles and joys of protests against the Vietnam war, picnics in Golden Gate Park, a new relationship, and becoming awakened to white privilege, as a teacher in inner-city Oakland, she changes the direction of her life. Carol seeks to lead her life in ways that align with the woven Tapestry she perceives as the interconnection of all parts of the universe.

"-Still the profound changehas come upon them: rooted, theygrip down and begin to awaken." So ends the first poem in William Carlos Williams' quirky, iconic Spring and All, published in 1923. One hundred years later, the Red Wheelbarrow Writers' Spring and All 2023 anthology takes up its challenge: "Profound change" lies at the heart of each piece. Some authors write with raffish humor, some with wry nostalgia, some with elegiac undercurrents. These authors display a dazzling array of poetry and prose: art seeking to articulate insight. Across a broad canvas of expression, Spring and All 2023 writers contend with life's "Aha!" moments. That uplifting "Aha!" might take place in a train rattling across a foreign landscape, or in front of an enigmatic lilac bush, or during a Midwestern summer afternoon with a baseball game wafting in from the radio, even on an ordinary driveway. Spring and All 2023 offers readers a sense of awakening, sparking deeper understanding, renewed wonder, and refreshed reverence.

The story always starts with a dame. Or so it does in Alex Carter's imaginary noir-world.When Naomi Price walks into Alex's Comics Clubhouse one day asking for help cataloging thousands of rare, inherited comicbooks, Alex is sure he's hit the comics jackpot. Along with his two best friends and a ready supply of Mountain Dew, Alex embarks on a search for the elusive Action Comics #1, potentially worth millions. But when Alex meets Richard, Naomi's overbearing fiancé, he knows something's amiss.As he slips back and forth between personas-affable retailer by day, hardboiled detective by night-Alex has trouble keeping his conspiracy theories in check. Torn between the reality of completing the job and the fantasy of rescuing the damsel in distress, Alex finds himself in trouble with everyone. With his fedora perched askance, cold Mountain Dew in hand, Alex presses on. He sets out to be the hero of his own story-even if it means losing the dame.

What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,I have forgotten*One hundred years ago, Bohemian author and editor of the radical Masses magazine, Floyd Dell, began a passionate affair with a newcomer to Greenwich Village - the yet to be discovered "girl poet," Edna St. Vincent Millay. In the years that followed, both Dell and Millay became symbols of early twentieth century feminism, rebellion, and literary freedom.A century later, while poring over her grandfather Floyd's papers at Chicago's Newberry Library, Jerri Dell discovered hundreds of handwritten letters and an unpublished memoir about his love affair with Millay. Finding him as outlandish, entertaining, and insightful as he was when she knew him fifty years before, she chose to bring him and his poet lover back to life within the pages of this book.My candle burns at both endsIt will not last the night*Admirers of Edna Millay, as well as Bohemian Village enthusiasts and readers interested in writers who famously influenced social norms, are sure to enjoy this eye-witness account of a fascinating woman and exceptional poet.*Excerpts from Sonnet XLIII and First Fig by Edna St. Vincent Millay

These personal stories-part private journal and part magical realism-reveal one woman's journey to set herself free from multi-generational perfectionism. The "inner critic" is a nemesis for most creatures in a human body, but in these pages, Ostman addresses the critic directly, heals the self that has been exiled because of the critic's mean tactics, and sets her inner champion free. Readers will see themselves in the stories of The Fat Man, The Sword-Bearer, and The Well-Woman and will be encouraged to find their own ways to freedom.

In 1948, thirteen-year-old Elvis Presley and his family moved from Tupelo, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee, thus beginning one of the great romances of our time. Elvis loved Memphis, and Memphis loved him back. As the young rock-and-roller's fame rose, he became inextricably linked with the city he called home. Today, if there is a single name that is synonymous with Memphis, it is Elvis Presley.Rich with anecdotes, Memphis Elvis-Style is the definitive guidebook to the King's city. Stories told by Elvis' peers and acquaintances add context as the book traces Elvis' life from the apartments, record shops, and churches where he dreamed of stardom to the recording studios, nightclubs, and radio stations where those dreams became reality. Aside from well-known spots like Graceland and Sun Studios, the book provides an intimate look at many lesser-known places that nevertheless played a vital role in Elvis' life.From the restaurants where he ate to the dealerships where he bought his cars, to the stages where he performed, this book tells the inside story of the King's love affair with his hometown. With updated descriptions, photographs, driving directions to all of the sites, suggested songs to enhance your drive, and an accompanying app, Memphis Elvis-Style truly is the only way to see Memphis through the eyes of Elvis. The companion app is available for Apple and Android devices.

Behold the egg! Smooth, rounded, perfectly formed, fragile, its glowing center suspended in a malleable, translucent penumbra. The same might be said of these thirty-five memoirs in which the past-formed at the fragile nexus, the malleable boundary of memory and imagination-is suspended in prose, contained in an essay. You have but to crack open this book.Red Wheelbarrow Writers are a loose affiliation of lively artists based in Bellingham, Washington. As a community, we host a monthly Happy Hour and a monthly Writerly Book Club. We are co-founders of Washington Memoir Month. We offer classes, contests, novel writing events, bookstore readings, poetry projects, and parties. Red Wheelbarrow Writers are individually productive, and as a group, we support, encourage, and learn from one another.We welcome new faces, new voices, and new writing.Come and join us!redwheelbarrowwriters.comFrom the memoirs…She smelled good, and I liked that she had William Carlos Williams tucked under her arm. A Sailboat Named Desire ¿ Lula FlannIn the midst of this happy, almost unbelievable reunion, I could not help wondering if Miss Towner had flashback memories to World War I in Adana, Turkey, and the American school sheltering Armenian children from the Turks. An Incredible Reunion ¿ Peggy Kalpakian JohnsonSo much depends on the tools. A worker without tools is like a myth without a ritual. The Mason - Jack Remick

Holed up in a little churchhouse during a terrible blizzard that shuts down Vinegar Valley, Preacher Ed Monroe and his disreputable daughter, Celia Monroe, find themselves at odds over conflicting belief systems. As they take precautions to survive the storm, the preacher secretly makes a plan that will irreparably undermine Celia's life. Meanwhile, Star, Celia's dead twin, intervenes from beyond the grave, helping Celia recall a destructive family secret. Through a set of circumstances that alter Celia's beliefs that she's as dark and tangled as lily roots, a certainty she's held tightly to since she was a young girl, Celia begins to see her own purity again. Celia's Heaven explores the difference between those who profess righteousness and those who live life from their true nature, spinning a paranormal tale of redemption and self-love.

Like an enticing garden, Victoria Doerper's debut volume of poems is full of surprises: tumbling insight tucked in somber reflection, the celebratory alongside the cautionary. Open this book anywhere and find poems that chart pain, evoke pleasure, offer whimsy and describe nature in short, bright, stunning metaphors. In form, these poems are eclectic. In content they are magical, full of astute observation worthy of Emily Dickinson. Lucky you, reader.

When his small Honda is rear-ended by a much larger vehicle (traveling at 55 miles per hour), the Honda is demolished and while the small car's owner manages to walk away, he suffers extensive brain injury. His struggle to regain memory, sense of smell, vision without the aide of dark glasses, life without headaches, and the ability to cry, lasts several years. In that time the author of A Quest for Tears joins a large group of people also suffering from traumatic brain injury as they move together through a long and painful struggle to regain life "before" the loss of tears.

Christina A. Kemp weaves poetic language and piercing wisdom into this intimate exploration of relationships, grief, and loss.

Hardcore and wanna-be runners have something in common. They all have to push back against resistance in order to suit up and get out the door. Once out the door, a runner will sometimes feel invigorated by the wind in her hair and the beat of her feet on the ground, while other times, she will fight for every footfall. Regardless of experience or level of competitiveness, every runner needs three things: encouragement, sound training advice, and a way to incorporate running into the rest of her life. 26.2 Life Lessons: Helping You Keep Pace with the Marathon of Life is full of all three. This little book is your cheerleader, marathon training guide, and your mindset coach all in one!

Expecting the World is the story of one woman''s unlikely thirty-year rise through a male-dominated international organization, to pioneer a new approach to women in development, improve livelihoods and reduce poverty. It is an intimate account of Dell''s work and travel training trainers to train village women and artisans in Africa, India, the Maghreb and Peru, while raising two sons at home.Dell''s story unfolds within the historical context of the last three decades of the twentieth century, encompassing world events that took place during those tumultuous years: the politics of oil, war in the Mideast, and the Egypt-Israeli peace accords of the 1970s; the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981; Nelson Mandela''s release from prison in 1990; and the horror of September 11, 2001. It includes her personal encounters with international figures like World Bank president Robert McNamara and Egypt''s first lady Jehan Sadat, both of whom provided critical support and inspiration for her work. 

Dreams are harmless (even beneficial) until you try to make them your reality. Having realized a fragment of his dream-to see the world from the deck of his own boat-pushed Robert Duke to the precipice of a life-altering decision. He leased his home, stored a few coveted possessions, persuaded his wife to forfeit her career, and turned his back on a lucrative consulting business, then set sail to Baja, Mexico, for a year. He treasured the experience, though it had nearly bankrupted him, but he was determined to keep "boating."Compromising a dream, he found, didn''t ruin it; it was adjusting it to reality, he told himself. With his wife Shearlean''s collaboration, they embarked on a forty-five year adventure of managing a time-versus-subsistence lifestyle that proved ultimately prescient and fulfilling: Shearlean exited conventional journalism before newspapers failed and Robert found he could spend more time with people''s boats than if he owned one. After forty-five years, the lifestyle they eventually crafted was more satisfying, Robert found, than if his original dream had been granted.Ocean of Time recounts the couple''s passage from dream through fruition, across the oceans of the world, as dedicated, but part time voyagers, rich with time, and trusting in serendipity. The memoir summarizes the couple''s course through the risky shoals and secure anchorages of lives lived on the edge of convention ending with the final adventure of Shearlean''s calamitous eighteen-month struggle with terminal brain cancer.Robert reflects on how the lifestyle he and Shearlean embraced endowed them with the fortitude and means to fully live everyday of her last eighteen months, until her painless death upon awakening in bed together one morning in February 2011.

Hairy Vaj, Please: My Journey on OkCupid follows Reenie Raschke, a woman in her late fifties, adventuring through today''s online dating scene. Far beyond chronicling a series of romps, Raschke uncovers the substructure, revealing that we have possibly let our valiant princes down.In this witty, open, and deeply personal memoir, Raschke leaves no emotional stone unturned. She follows prurient circles of light, harvesting the spiritual, steamy, and dissimilar needs among us-waiting to be discovered. This tale, astride the monthly atrocities executed by our forty-fifth president, offers to shed light on the bizarre.The title of the book, spawned by the quirky handle of a man on OkCupid, has been the source of some scrutiny. Yet Raschke stands fixed, having interviewed several women on the subject of their nether regions, that the book''s keep-it-real message is serendipitous to the lessons learned. In short, "get over it." A guide for like-minded lady travelers, this un-corseted memoir gives a nod and a wink, intended to console and empower the lovers inside all of us.

Jack Rider''s collection of poems, written over the course of fifty years, is the work of an evolutionary writer assured in his craft and comfortable with many forms. It is poetry that touches the heart, the soul, is rooted to the Earth, and reflects on what it means to be human, to be a man, a husband, and a father. Approachable and relatable, the poems in Rain Drops refresh as if from an early morning shower, and share with "perspicacious glows" the intimate reflections of a life lived in respectful equipoise.