Susan Johnson

Finalist of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, 2022The Call Home invites the reader to accompany the poet in natural world settings-lying alongside a caterpillar outside her childhood home on a military base in North Carolina, listening for the silence of salty tides of the Rappahannock River at her parents' final home in Virginia, discovering salmon nests in the Cle Elum River near her home in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. Grounded in these settings, this collection binds five generations of women, revealing an undeniable rhythm of love and suffering, a persistent pulse as they share and bear witness to patterns of beauty, connection, tragedy, loss, and continuity. These poems resonate with the tender relationships among members of all communities, all listening for the call home.--------------- "With the wisdom of a sage, Susan Johnson crafts poems that showcase the saving grace of small moments, how they can redeem even our darkest hours, teaching us that an unguarded heart/ is the only way."-James Crews, author of Kindness Will Save the World: Stories of Compassion & Connection "Accessible and engaging, Johnson's book is a finely crafted antidote to the world right now." -Susan Blair, author of What Remains of a Life "...a tapestry of words bespeaking pain, love and much, much wisdom." -Ed Stover, President, The Yakima Coffeehouse Poets "These poems are intimate, raw, moving, and in moments, willfully hopeful. Rich in feeling, profound in insight, these are poems you will remember long after closing the book."-Terry Martin, author of The Light You Find

The spirits of the Old West are alive and kicking in Flagstaff. Once home to outlaws and pioneers, many former residents of this small mountain town never left. Read about the ghosts of the Weatherford Hotel, where strange sightings and disturbing events aren't just confined to the Zane Grey Ballroom. Step inside the Hotel Monte Vista, where locals swear that the Grizzly Meat Man still roams the hallways. Discover the historic train depot, an eternal home to those departed souls that once worked the rails, including a ghostly former train conductor. Join author Susan Johnson as she uncovers the supernatural side of Flagstaff's fascinating history.

The spirits of the Old West are alive and kicking in Flagstaff. Once home to outlaws and pioneers, many former residents of this small mountain town never left. Read about the ghosts of the Weatherford Hotel, where strange sightings and disturbing events aren't just confined to the Zane Grey Ballroom. Step inside the Hotel Monte Vista, where locals swear that the Grizzly Meat Man still roams the hallways. Discover the historic train depot, an eternal home to those departed souls that once worked the rails, including a ghostly former train conductor. Join author Susan Johnson as she uncovers the supernatural side of Flagstaff's fascinating history.

In ON BEAUTY Susan Johnson explores the role of beauty in our lives, and in her life in particular: 'Sometimes I think my whole life has been one long search for beauty. I am Australian and as such I should be embarrassed to write a line like that, in a land where one must speak of beauty in whispers.' She writes of where her search has taken her, how 'beauty enters the body like desire', and how beauty is nothing less than 'life's call to order, life's bid to save it from itself'.

After so much pain and sorrow, Alexia had found the love of her life. Life had finally smiled at her. Theo was everything she could have asked for. But then without a warning, the rug was pulled out from under her feet. Her faith, her love, her strength, all under fire at once. Would she sink or swim? Would hers be just another story?

Monograms have always been a fashionable way for embroiderers to personalize fashion and home decor. In contrast to the subtle white-on-white embroidery often found on bed linens and handkerchiefs, the exuberantly colorful designs that follow are more modern than you might expect from Victorian needlework.This collection is reproduced from German textile designer Friedrich Fischbach's work titled "Bunt-Stickerei-Vorlagen" (colorful embroidery patterns) published around 1870. These individual letters, entwined monograms, motifs and borders are a remarkable resource for modern needleworkers to use on their own projects. Designs charted on graph paper are a universal language which can be translated into needlepoint and counted cross stitch, with each square on the pattern representing a single stitch. Author's Note: Please be aware that older alphabets may not contain all letters. For example, "I" and "J" were often considered interchangeable, and many alphabets contain only one or the other, not both. The elaborate diagonal monogram series ("L" and "M" are shown on the front cover) does not include "J", "X" or "Y".

These pattern plates are from a series of 19th century German cards, or small pattern plates; all the motifs are in the classic "Berlin Work" style of floral wreaths and sprays, geometric borders and overall repeating patterns, quaint village buildings and other motifs. I found the first few cards many years ago in a box of miscellaneous sewing goods- long before I even knew exactly what they were- and eventually more from an Austrian manuscript dealer. They are presented slightly enlarged for easier reading but otherwise unaltered, with the marks of age and prior use still in evidence. Small patterns like these offer endless possibilities for today's needleworkers, from arranging motifs and borders into designs to selecting your own color combinations. Using brilliantly colored seed beads on canvas or linen, either as accents or to entirely replace the thread colors, is another time-honored tradition for these patterns and one that manages to look both antique and modern at the same time.

Advances in printing technology during the 16th century ushered in an incredible array of printed needlework patterns. This collection is reproduced from Italian master Dominique de S ra's work titled "Le Livre de Lingerie" published in 1584 on the "noble and elegant art of lacemaking." This book is Volume 2 in a series of 3, with 21 pages of charted designs and 5 pages of line drawings for lacemaking or embroidery.Classic motifs, borders and scenes such as the ones presented here are easily adapted by modern needleworkers. Designs charted on graph paper are a universal language which can be translated into needlepoint, counted cross stitch, filet crochet and beadwork, with each square on the pattern representing a single stitch. The line drawings work beautifully for embroidery as well as traditional needle lacemaking techniques. A page of plain graph paper has been added at the end of the book to aid you in adapting these designs to your own creations.

POLYCHROME PATTERNINGS: A Collection of Weaving Drafts from 1907 Charted for Needlepoint & Cross Stitch contains over 1100 charts originally designed to create various woven fabrics- plaids, damasks, twills, herringbones and many more. Each is illustrated in color on graph paper making these wonderful repeating patterns useful for needlepoint, counted cross stitch and beadwork as well as modern-day hand weavers.

This very early "Modelbuch" (needlework pattern book) was first published in 1589, most likely in Germany. Originally produced for lacemakers and weavers, these patterns were quickly adapted to counted techniques by needleworkers. You'll find them perfect for your own needlepoint, counted cross stitch, beadwork and filet crochet projects.

De fleste vil en eller annen gang møte veggen i et kjærlighetsforhold. Følelser blir uhåndterbare, krangler oppstår, smertefulle mønstre repeteres, og forholdet til den vi elsker oppleves faretruende skjørt. Vi trekker oss tilbake i taushet, for å forsvare oss. Vi sårer hverandre, kritiserer, raser og an klager når vi egentlig ønsker det motsatte, å leve lykkelig sammen. Hvordan kan vi komme ut av slike onde sirkler og holde kjærligheten levende? I denne berømte bruksboken inviterer psykolog Sue Johnson oss inn til syv avgjørende samtaler i terapi -rommet, hvor par klarer å finne sammen igjen. Hun beskriver inngående logikken i de destruktive møns -trene, hvordan de kan brytes og hvordan trygghet og tillit kan gjenreises i parforholdet. "Hold meg" er både det kartet par trenger i nødens stund og den veiviseren vi trenger for å forebygge at kjærligheten forvitrer.

Ex-NFLEx-LAPD UndercoverEx-husbandJack Morgan, Deputy Sheriff, is back on his home turf where life used to be laid back. The community pot culture was tolerated by local law enforcement so long as everyone understood the rules of engagement. Keep your head down, your mouth shut, don't make waves.But, lately, criminal gangs have moved in and everything's gone to hell.So professionally, Jack's working his ass off to help keep the peace, while personally, he's pretty much doing the same. His open door policy for the ladies is keeping him busy. He doesn't go out looking for it, but if some women knocks on his door, he figures it would be rude not to ask her in.Then one day, as a favor, cause he doesn't do that shit, he serves an eviction notice.A red head, with a little boy in her arms, opens the door.Jack sucks in a breath.She's STUNNING.Suddenly, his busy, complicated life becomes incredibly more complicated.

Tip Your Scale: A Woman's Guide To Scaling Up In BusinessAre you looking for ways to accelerate growth in your business? Tried-and-true methods demonstrated by other entrepreneurs who, too, wanted to scale their businesses—and succeeded?Dr. Marsha Firestone and Susan Johnson reveal that and more in this book—filled with fifteen remarkable scenarios of privately-held, women-owned/led businesses, providing insights on the key strategies that fueled their growth.Set your business on the path to fast growth by learning how these critical functions must adapt as business scales:brandingfinancinghuman resourcesinnovation