A princess with a bow. A boy returning from the dead. A mother lost in grief. And a kingdom where the dead grow into trees.When young Rose Marie discovers a powerful crystal, it reveals what every person longs for most. But when her mother gazes inside, she sees only her lost son.As the Queen becomes consumed by the past, Rose Marie faces an impossible question: can you compete with a memory?A beautifully written and illustrated fantasy that explores grief, love, and the strength of those who choose to stay.A breathtaking tale of loss, longing, and the quiet magic of presence. This adventurous tale will guide you through Rose Marie's greatest fears and wildest dreams, ultimately leading you to a place of inner peace.Along the way, family conversations take a meaningful turn toward truth and acceptance.Rose Marie and the Crystal of Desires is book 2 in The Leunam Tales.Book 1: Horatio in the Wind. Book 3: August Enchanted. The Y.A. Version (Coming soon)
Did you ever see something that isn't there?On the verge of a divorce he doesn't want, Lou heads to Louisiana where he'd grown up. There he finds a remarkable old house-three stories, abandoned, overgrown, and in desperate need of some tender care.When a family tragedy scars him even more, he throws himself into the restoration, gradually bringing the old place back to life. But in doing so, he uncovers secrets long hidden, shadows of a past best forgotten.With the help of Addie, his plucky housekeeper, and Sandi, the cynical cop, Lou starts to unravel the mysteries of Rose House, and the tragedy that took place there.
What do snuggle parties, defiant chickens, black spot, autism, and Buddhism have in common? They permeate the author's frevent quest to become a Portlander.Over forty years ago, a story about Portland's local currency, the "greenbucks," inspired M. J. Coreil to set her sights on the Rose City. When she finally arrived in 2012, recently retired from academia, she discovered the story was bogus. Would everything she expected of this blue-green paradise turn out illusory as well? This collection of essays written over a five-year sojourn chronicles the author's audition to become an authentic Portlander. The stories reveal the humor, elation, and wounds of her zealous pursuit to build community and achieve a sense of belonging. Along the way, she discovers the snobbery of neighborhoods, competition in volunteering, trauma in chicken raising, the politics of snuggle parties, and the wisdom of Buddhism. She finds disquieting mementos of the maligned previous owner of the house she inhabits. Being "somewhere on the autism spectrum" complicates her efforts to make friends and connect with groups. Her reflections underscore the challenge of putting down roots in a new city and explore what it means to belong somewhere. Unlike media caricatures of Portland, Rose City Audition reveals insights, observations, and amusing takes on local life by an anthropologist who can't help but see the world through an ethnographic lens. Her account blends serious commentary, engaging story-telling, and dry wit to paint a nuanced portrait of life in the progressive Promised Land. Taken together, the collection offers a wide-ranging look at community, alternative lifestyles, philosophical questions like what it means to find or forge home, quirks of Portland, and flashes of autobiography. The stories demonstrate a dogged willingness to try new things, discover new facets of life around her, and subject herself even to environments and situations that make her uncomfortable in an effort to learn about her surroundings, gain "authenticity," and come to feel a genuine stake in the place.The writing is clear and straightforward, at times lyrical or humorous, conveying changes in mood from one encounter to another. The tone of the essays reflects different purposes. For example, "Soul Repair" is sensory and experiential, a dreamy interlude of reflection, while "The Specter of Michael Hewitt" narrates a suspenseful detective story. "Snuggling with Peers" takes a polemical stance on societal acceptance of snuggle parties. The satires use tongue-in-cheek humor to lampoon local culture. "The Springwater Corridor" combines Zen-like description of a natural setting with journalistic reportage of the homelessness problem. "Chickenmania" weaves an introspective journey with a nuts-and-bolts account of chicken keeping. The collection captures the multiplicity of engagement and emotion experienced by someone auditioning to become part of an adopted city.Each essay is illustrated by one or more photographs taken by the author in Portland. In keeping with the Rose City theme of the collection, most images are flowers in poses that metaphorically convey the mood of the essay. Other photos realistically illustrate an essay's topic, such as shots of the chickens and their coop in "Chickenmania."
Essays and meditations on iPhone photography, artist residencies, mortality and more from the acclaimed New England photographer and educator A memoir and meditation on the history of photography from one of New England’s most respected photographers, Rose Marasco (born 1948), this volume features short personal writings on topics ranging from artist residencies and iPhone photography to the early death of her father and includes selections from several bodies of work across Marasco’s long career. Lucy Lippard’s foreword situates Marasco as a key feminist voice among practitioners of vernacular photography. Marasco is now a widely exhibited photographer with works in many museum collections, who has also spent decades as a beloved and highly regarded teacher of photography. Her keen eye and generous voice offer an important perspective on how photography can shape a lifetime.
Ousted for being a human sympathizer, Prince Gavin has found himself in the belly of the Underground, a world where ghouls rule and werewolves fight to the death. After learning of his parent's murder, Gavin is called upon to endure the Rose Bound ceremony and claim his covens throne with a wife. Forces are rallying against him, some closer to home than he anticipates. Finding a murderer, leading a coup and himself proves to be a journey that will change his kingdom forever. But, when Gavin's soulmate goes missing, none of that matters. Nothing will stand in his way to find her, not even his own demons.
Rose and Violet Flowers are two energetic little girls whose imaginations blossom into worlds of fun and fancy in the apartment where they live. They sing, and dance, and laugh, and play... and make LOTS of NOISE. Another fun day at home with Mom quickly starts to wilt when, with a bang on the door, Rose and Violet's nettled next-door neighbor insists they quiet down, or else Will their grumpy old neighbor lose her cool, or will Rose and Violet win her over?Rose and Violet, The Noisy Little Neighbors peeks into the lives of stay-at-home parents everywhere. This delightful story is more relevant today than ever as families learn to navigate life spent more often at home.
Rose and Violet Flowers are two energetic little girls whose imaginations blossom into worlds of fun and fancy in the apartment where they live. They sing, and dance, and laugh, and play... and make LOTS of NOISE. Another fun day at home with Mom quickly starts to wilt when, with a bang on the door, Rose and Violet's nettled next-door neighbor insists they quiet down, or else Will their grumpy old neighbor lose her cool, or will Rose and Violet win her over?Rose and Violet, The Noisy Little Neighbors peeks into the lives of stay-at-home parents everywhere. This delightful story is more relevant today than ever as families learn to navigate life spent more often at home.
Author Tina Ann Forkner tells a vivid story of a private grief, a secret painting, and one woman's search for hope in the second installment of The La Rosaleda Collection. Still mourning the loss of her family in a tragic accident, Lillian Diamon finds herself drawn back to the Rose House, a quiet cottage where four years earlier she poured out her anguish among its fragrant blossoms. She returns to the rolling hills and lush vineyards of the Sonoma Valley in search of something she can't quite name. But then Lillian stumbles onto an unexpected discovery: displayed in the La Rosaleda Gallery is a painting that captures every detail of her most private moment of misery, from the sorrow etched across her face to the sandals on her feet. What kind of artist would dare to intrude on such a personal scene, and how did he happen to witness Lillian's pain? As the mystery surrounding the portrait becomes entangled with her estranged sister and the accident that claimed the lives of her husband and children, Lillian is forced to rethink her assumptions about what really happened that day. A captivating novel rich with detail, Rose House explores how the brushstrokes of pain can illuminate the true beauty of life.
Celebrate love, joy and peculiarity Rose is a tiny and timid rescue dog who likes to keep to herself. Her humans even think of her as a cat-dog because of her quiet, quirky feline ways. That is, until Rose decides to act like a "real" dog to love, protect and play with the new baby about to join her family. Rose would soon find out whether that was really the best way to be a good dog for her new little human sister.
Sparks fly and tensions rise as a 21st Century teacher lands in the arms of a Regency era Gentleman.Still grieving, Rose Hart takes on the difficult task of packing up her grandmother's home. There she stumbles upon a mysterious book with her late grandmother's name which proves to be the first key in an unraveling mystery that leads her to a strange bookshop and catapults her from her modern day life in the Southwest of the U.S.A to a small town called Westbridge in Regency Era England. Suddenly Rose finds herself a stranger in a foreign time and place. A guest at the mercy of the handsome John Easton, the wealthy owner of the Hawthorne estate, and his sister Beth. She meets the scheming Mrs. Ashbrook and befriends John's friend William, a troubled but charming military man just returned from the war in France. Rose finds herself living the life of adventure she always dreamed of filled with intrigue, danger, and perhaps love. Just one question remains; will she stay or will she go?Perfect for fans of time-travel and enemies to lovers romance.
Sparks fly and tensions rise as a 21st Century teacher lands in the arms of a Regency era Gentleman.Still grieving, Rose Hart takes on the difficult task of packing up her grandmother's home. There she stumbles upon a mysterious book with her late grandmother's name which proves to be the first key in an unraveling mystery that leads her to a strange bookshop and catapults her from her modern day life in the Southwest of the U.S.A to a small town called Westbridge in Regency Era England. Suddenly Rose finds herself a stranger in a foreign time and place. A guest at the mercy of the handsome John Easton, the wealthy owner of the Hawthorne estate, and his sister Beth. She meets the scheming Mrs. Ashbrook and befriends John's friend William, a troubled but charming military man just returned from the war in France. Rose finds herself living the life of adventure she always dreamed of filled with intrigue, danger, and perhaps love. Just one question remains; will she stay or will she go?Perfect for fans of time-travel and enemies to lovers romance.
A catalog-cum-genealogical record introduces the clay works of Rose B. Simpson, who derives inspiration from matrilineal traditionsThis gorgeously produced monograph presents the work of the New Mexico-based mixed-media artist Rose B. Simpson (born 1983). Informed by three maternal generations of ceramicists, Simpson creates androgynous clay figures that tackle the emotional and existential impacts of living in a postmodern and postcolonial world. The volume explores Simpson's artistic evolution and examines the influence of Indigenous ceramic traditions passed down by her mother, Roxanne Swentzell, her grandmother, Rina Swentzell, and her great-grandmother, Gia Rose Naranjo. Weaving together object plates, family photographs and installation images, the hardcover publication features a coated fabric casing and Swiss binding. Creative writing by Simpson and essays by her relatives are accompanied by scholarly texts from Arden Sherman, Pamela Solares, Beata Tsosie-Pena and Ghislain d'Humi res.
Malcolm de Chazal was a writer, artist and poet. W.H.Auden said of him that he was "...the most original and interesting French writer to emerge since the war." Andr Breton, the founder of surrealism, hailed Malcolm de Chazal as a surrealist; and due to the insistence of Breton, Georges Braqueand Jean Dubuffet he began to paint. First and foremost, however, he was a writer... He is looking at the universe, space-time and spirituality and arriving at a unique manner by which to consider existence.Everything is part of the whole and everything exists in a fundamental state which is beyond mere consciousness. Malcolm de Chazal sees things that we don't all see, and is able to put across his visions and wisdoms in an often surrealist, amusing, philosophical and thought-provokingmanner. Spirituality, insight and humour ... Malcolm de Chazal was an original artist, thinker and writer. And in Rose Humour we see proof of his uniqueness.
Highcrowne hits the fan when democracy comes to town. Riots, demonstrations, assassination .... One thing you can be sure of is that Eva Thorne will be at the center of it all. Eva doesn't want to be the lead candidate for the Human Crown-especially since she's Solhan and not human at all, and certainly not after the elf interim council declares democracy a treasonous activity punishable by death. No one expected a new player on the board-or rather a very, very old one. People are turning into puppets under the control of an ancient bodysnatching plant, but someone is pulling the puppeteer's strings, and as usual, nothing is what it seems. Can Eva stop the plant creature from taking over the world? Or should she let it win, just to avoid a fate worse than death-being elected?Eva has become the clich , a hard-drinking, hard-nosed private detective, bitter and uncaring. Or so she thinks. A high-profile murder throws Highcrowne into chaos, and the man she's falling in love with, despite her best efforts to avoid it, is the prime suspect. She sets out to prove his innocence and uncovers plots within plots, and dangers far greater than the world's deadliest assassin or even the bodysnatching plant taking over the world. Old lovers and old gods come back to haunt her, and in the end, she learns sometimes winning means losing.
Please do not order before the publication date to avoid getting the wrong version of the book.Kids make choices, Adults make love.--Rose and RenaissanceCool and alpha to his core, playboy Xia Xiqing has everyone fooled with that angelic face of his, but he just had to give the game away in front of his idol and reveal his true colors-and so Xia Xiqing's first encounter with his idol backfired on him and ruined his chances.Xia Xiqing: I like you a lot.Zhou Ziheng: stay-away-from-me.jpgHowever, Xia Xiqing beautiful face appearing for just three seconds in the audience of a press conference leads to his debut as Zhou Ziheng's foremost fan, and he, together with his idol, gets on the trending list, gets on a reality show, and gets on... That's right, it's exactly as you think.But it's not quite what Xia Xiqing thinks it to be.At first, he think he's hooked up with the unrivaled alpha of the entertainment industry, but it's only after he strips away the latter's public persona that he finds out that Zhou Ziheng is a naive and innocent tsundere. He thought he has gotten an "I bedded my idol" script, but in the end, it turns out to be a script of "my idol bedded me."How... stimulating. *lights up cigarette*Xia Xiqing: I thought you didn't like me at all. What's with all this hugging and clinging?Zhou Ziheng: Well, I take it back.Xia Xiqing goes idol-chasing at a public event just once, and it results both in him going viral and also in everything immediately backfiring on him as his true colors get revealed to his idol, thus belying his angelic appearance. After his overnight explosion of fame, Xia Xiqing and his idol, Zhou Ziheng, end up on an escape room reality show together, going head-to-head in an intense game of wits and accepting each other's true selves as they go through this game within a game. Behind the push and pull of flirting and refusing to be seduced are the myriad warnings of changed minds and reluctant enjoyment. This story is set in the entertainment industry, and a big highlight of the narrative is the brain-melting script of the reality program, full of problem-solving and suspenseful challenges. Both protagonists hide behind many masks, wearing public personas that contradict their true selves, which results in satisfyingly tense interactions between the two of them. Family backgrounds and dependent personalities are explored in this novel, as well as the emotional relationship between the savior and the one who is saved. The narrative is immersed common knowledge from both academic STEM disciplines and fine arts disciplines, using ascetic physics principles to express emotions and displaying in full the unique romance that arises from the confluence of science and art.
Please do not order before the publication date to avoid getting the wrong version of the book.Kids make choices, Adults make love.--Rose and RenaissanceCool and alpha to his core, playboy Xia Xiqing has everyone fooled with that angelic face of his, but he just had to give the game away in front of his idol and reveal his true colors-and so Xia Xiqing's first encounter with his idol backfired on him and ruined his chances.Xia Xiqing: I like you a lot.Zhou Ziheng: stay-away-from-me.jpgHowever, Xia Xiqing beautiful face appearing for just three seconds in the audience of a press conference leads to his debut as Zhou Ziheng's foremost fan, and he, together with his idol, gets on the trending list, gets on a reality show, and gets on... That's right, it's exactly as you think.But it's not quite what Xia Xiqing thinks it to be.At first, he think he's hooked up with the unrivaled alpha of the entertainment industry, but it's only after he strips away the latter's public persona that he finds out that Zhou Ziheng is a naive and innocent tsundere. He thought he has gotten an "I bedded my idol" script, but in the end, it turns out to be a script of "my idol bedded me."How... stimulating. *lights up cigarette*Xia Xiqing: I thought you didn't like me at all. What's with all this hugging and clinging?Zhou Ziheng: Well, I take it back.Xia Xiqing goes idol-chasing at a public event just once, and it results both in him going viral and also in everything immediately backfiring on him as his true colors get revealed to his idol, thus belying his angelic appearance. After his overnight explosion of fame, Xia Xiqing and his idol, Zhou Ziheng, end up on an escape room reality show together, going head-to-head in an intense game of wits and accepting each other's true selves as they go through this game within a game. Behind the push and pull of flirting and refusing to be seduced are the myriad warnings of changed minds and reluctant enjoyment. This story is set in the entertainment industry, and a big highlight of the narrative is the brain-melting script of the reality program, full of problem-solving and suspenseful challenges. Both protagonists hide behind many masks, wearing public personas that contradict their true selves, which results in satisfyingly tense interactions between the two of them. Family backgrounds and dependent personalities are explored in this novel, as well as the emotional relationship between the savior and the one who is saved. The narrative is immersed common knowledge from both academic STEM disciplines and fine arts disciplines, using ascetic physics principles to express emotions and displaying in full the unique romance that arises from the confluence of science and art.
