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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
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 Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 3:03:28 PM
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I'm in the process of reading "Soul Gardening", by Terry Hershey.
It's a great book for these winter days and nights when we all long for warmer days. It's about opening yourself up to nature and gardens as a way to open up your soul and live a more satifying life. It's interspersed with stories, quotes and suggestions on how each of us can, in our own way, put down the stresses or expectations of today and enjoy the simple moments in life that fill our souls.
I think it's the perfect book for anyone who is moving toward a simpler more fulfilling life.
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prairielandherbs
True Blue Farmgirl
690 Posts
Maggie
Iowa
USA
690 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2008 : 4:50:00 PM
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| i have just added it to my "to read" list. Thank you so much! |
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lmillward
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Lorie
Riverton
UT
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Jan 26 2008 : 09:48:08 AM
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You might also like Deep in the Green - An Exploration of Country Pleasures by Anne Raver. It is really good (and funny)! A Country Year by Sue Hubble is also a classic good read! I'm gonna try Soul Gardening- sounds interesting!
Long live the weeds and the wildflowers! |
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - Jan 26 2008 : 10:03:42 AM
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Oh sounds good! I just picked up "Three cups of Tea" at Costco yesterday!! So far! Engrossing!!!!
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller |
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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
623 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2008 : 2:49:32 PM
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Lori,
I have A Country Year also and enjoyed it very much. Another one that's good is A Year by the Sea (I think that's the title) and Silvia's Farm. I'm drawn to books about single women doing their own thing. I find hope and inspiration in them. We may not get it done as fast as a man, but we do get it done. |
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cinnamongirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1682 Posts
Carrie
Canada
1682 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2008 : 7:47:25 PM
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| That book sounds good I will have to find it |
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lmillward
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Lorie
Riverton
UT
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2008 : 9:06:56 PM
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A Year by the Sea? who write it? I would like to get it! Mima- 3 Cups of Tea is amazing! I hope you like it.
Long live the weeds and the wildflowers! |
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
1545 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2008 : 6:16:25 PM
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I have to get that book Jennifer. It sounds like the type of book I love. Is it a new one or an older one?
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
623 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2008 : 9:50:19 PM
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OK here we go...
A Year by the Sea, Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman, by Joan Anderson. MIL got it from Costco years ago.
Sylvia's Farm, The Journey of an Improbable Shepard, by Sylvia Jorrin. She has a website www.sylviasfarm.com
More suggestions:
Better Off, Flipping the Switch on Technology, by Eric Brende. He and his wife move from the city to live in an Amish type community for a year and a half. But, out of respect for thier privacy he never really says what the community is.
The Outermost House, A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod, by Henry Beston.
A Year in the Maine Woods, by Bernd Heinrich
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