From the shores of Gig Harbor to the slopes of Mount Rainier, the towns surrounding Puget Sound all have incredible stories to share. How did Old Fort Nisqually, now perched on a lofty bluff above Tacoma, move twenty-two miles from its original 1843 site in DuPont? Did Eatonville's copper-infused paint inspire the phrase "painting the town red"? Read about the famed Pie Goddess of Enumclaw and about a cookbook compiled by Emma Smith DeVoe of Parkland that included helpful tips from suffragettes. Join author Dorothy Wilhelm, of the television show My Home Town, as she explores these beloved town tales and uncovers the rest of the story.
This collection of newspaper columns offers a humorous look at what happens to us as we grow older and gradually realize that no single part of our body ends where it used to end or does what it used to do. There is no owners manual. This book tells how to make the best of it.
As the years go on, Christmas spirit is sometimes in short supply. Catch the Christmas spirit leads a holiday tour of the sometimes surprising places the reader might expect to find the spirit.This book contains a collection of holiday columns. They are fun and upbeat and full of ideas for people enjoying their second fifty years. They contain ideas for putting together celebrations that are meaningful even though life circumstances are changed. It is especially aimed at people who aren't finding the holidays as much fun as they once did, who find themselves alone, or where Santa doesn't call anymore. Dorothy relates adventures with her overstuffed purse, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer and a life sized paper mache angel. Who knows what's life sized for an angel? There's a section with 25 ideas for celebrating the Christmas that's right for you. And then, just to keep spirits up all year long, there's Thanksgiving, Easter, the 4th of July, and Thanksgiving. Ideas for reducing Holiday stress (Try charging the doctor for keeping you waiting.) Plenty of chance to create your own holiday. Dorothy Wilhelm is a humorist, professional speaker, and has written a column dedicated to the fact that it's never too late to enjoy life. Most of these columns have been previously published during the 20 years Dorothy has written her newspaper column but they've been updated and new material has been included.
Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a well-known American journalist, activist, and Catholic convert whose cause for sainthood has been endorsed by the US bishops. She wrote numerous articles over a period of several decades for the prominent lay Catholic magazine Commonweal. Hold Nothing Back is gleaned from those writings. It includes reflections on her life as a single mother, her time in jail for civil disobedience, her struggles to keep the Catholic Worker movement she cofounded afloat, and her travels on crowded buses to report from the front lines about labor disputes, racial inequality, and poverty. At the heart of whatever Day wrote lies a profound and prophetic faith. Hold Nothing Back--a new, abridged edition of the previously published Dorothy Day: Writings from Commonweal--gives a glimpse of her remarkable humanity and endurance, and of the vibrant spirituality that underlay them.
This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Dorothy Day (1897-1980)--co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, and one of the most inspiring figures of recent history. By her lifelong option for the poor and her devotion to active nonviolence, Day fashioned a new face for the gospel in our time. In 2000 the Vatican recognized her cause for canonization, and she was officially termed "Servant of God." To mark the occasion, Orbis is pleased to issue an anniversary edition of Dorothy Day: Selected Writings, widely recognized as the essential and authoritative guide to her life and work.
Combining historical and biographical research with feminist theory, Carrie Hintz considers Osborne's vision of letter writing, her literary achievement, and her literary influences.
Saints and spiritual writers have much to tell us about living the Christian life. The Wisdom series condenses the great spiritual truths penned by holy men and women and presents them in a fresh and exciting way. These books explore writings as ancient as the church Fathers and as modern as Dorothy Day and Blessed Pope John XXIII.
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