Paddlin’ With Thoreau by Mary Anne Smrz

Paddlin’ With Thoreau by Mary Anne Smrz

Review:

This is a gentle book, contemplative and reverent. The best way to consider it may be as a series of meditations upon life, as annotations of passages from Thoreau’s writing. So, it is appropriate to read one little chapter at a time, ponder on it like Mary Anne pondered on Thoreau’s words, and answer for yourself the questions she asks. Perhaps use one of the short chapters per day as the starting point for thought.

Mary Anne’s language is expressive, clear, lyrical, and in parts inspiring.

Thoreau’s philosophy, as expounded and exemplified by this wise lady, is in very close alignment with mine. There is only one Truth, expressed in a myriad ways, and I think we share it. I just hope I can learn to live it!

·  ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 173255787X 

·  ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1732557871 

https://www.amazon.com/Paddlin-Thoreau-Reflections-Red-Kayak/dp/173255787X/ref=sr_1_1

https://www.redkayak.net/

Mary Anne Smrz is an avid paddler, who uses insights gained on the water to enrich her own life and the lives of others. She finds depth and meaning in her life from the solitude of kayaking. As a photojournalist and natural philosopher, Mary Anne has written three books in the Reflections from the Red Kayak series. She shares her paddling insights and encourages others to do the same. She writes from her home in Wisconsin.    

Author:
Mary Anne Smrz

Title:
Paddin’ With Thoreau

ISBN: 1-7325578-7-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-7325578-7-1

Website: https://www.redkayak.net/

https://www.amazon.com/Paddlin-Thoreau-Reflections-Red-Kayak/dp/173255787X 

Cover pic at  https://bobrich18.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/paddlin.jpg  

Reviewer: Dr. Bob Rich

Bob Rich is an Australian storyteller, with 19 published books in a variety of genres including both fiction and nonfiction. Five of his books, and over 40 short stories, have won awards. He has retired 5 times so far, from 5 different occupations, but is still going strong as a Professional Grandfather. Any human born since 1993 qualifies as his grandchild. Everything he does, including his writing, is working toward a survivable future for them, and one worth surviving in. He carries on much of this work at his popular blog, Bobbing Around https://bobrich18.wordpress.com 

He discovered that he was a Buddhist at 23 years of age, when a Christian minister of religion told him. In those pre-internet days, he needed to spend a day in the University library to check up on this claim, and to his surprise found his philosophy set out in beautiful words. He decided not to sue the Buddha for plagiarism, as an act of metta (lovingkindness).    

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The Keepers by Joy Lynn Goddard

Title: The Keepers 

Author: Joy Lynn Goddard 

Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction (multi-genre: Mystery, Romance, Suspense) 

Age-Interest Level: 30+ Given the main characters, the book especially appeals to middle-aged and senior readers

Page #: 388

Awards: Canada Book Award

Publisher: Joy Lynn Goddard 

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About the author: 

Joy Lynn Goddard teamed up with her husband, Daniel Pike, to write contemporary adult fiction. Both their novels, Moonshadow and The Keepers, have global appeal and won Canada Book Awards. Besides novels, they wrote Buyers, Liars, Sellers and Yellers, a collection of humorous short stories about the real estate industry. Although she is well known for her young adult and junior fiction—starting with the award-winning Daredevils and including Hello, my name is Emily, Charlie's Song, Jazz, When Pigs Fly, and Mrs. Maloney's Garden—her adult novels are attracting wide-ranging attention, each crisscrossing romance, mystery, and suspense genres.
Joy and Dan divide their time between Guelph and Belleville, Ontario, where they spend time with a growing family when not working on their next book.