Broken is the story of one parent's fight for parental equality and his campaign to stop the harmful effects of custody laws. From his experience, Joseph Cowles learned that custody is an inflammatory concept, which, when disputed, can rip families apart. Sole legal custody awards the major decision making responsibilities for a child to one parent, while legally disenfranchising the other. It is a volatile arrangement--one that should not exist. This book tells Cowles' story and chronicles the steps he took to find a better path for families facing separation. He proposes a solution that considers the best interests and welfare of children, offers equal opportunity to parents, and better assists families into the next phase of their lives, while preserving the integrity and balance of the family. This book will be an asset for parents facing custody challenges and is a must-read for those who have influence in shaping family law legislation.
LIFE—LIFE IS THE ADVENTURE! The physical world—the magnificent illusion—that's the game. The Shell is where the dice are rolled. Where the wheel is spun. Where the cards are shuffled and dealt. Life is where the hand is played. You can see why it's so important that we forget it's all an illusion. If we remembered, every time we held a hand that didn't suit our fancy, we'd fold and request a new deal. What would that do to the game, to the other players? Every hand can't be a winner, right? Sometimes we draw garbage, sometimes we get a pair. Maybe some-one else has a higher pair. Somebody gets three-of-a-kind. A straight. A full house. Once in a while someone draws a royal flush. Get it? Once in a while. Not every player. Not every hand. That's how the game works. Life is about playing the hand you're dealt, to the best of your ability. If you're a really good player, maybe you can win the pot without holding so much as a pair. Sometimes starting out with that royal flush can be a disadvantage. Think of the royals throughout history who inherited their kingdoms. Never had to work for them. Never had to learn, develop muscles, grow strong. One day they discover they're not up to the new challenges, and they wind up leaving their heads on the block. And the guy sharpening the guillotine is the one who began life with low numbers and no face cards.
48 Poems, two short stories and one disquisition with reproductions from the author's handwritten manuscript, two full-color and two monochrome reproductions of photographs by the author, and a panoramic photo image extending to front and back covers.
Originally published over one hundred years ago by young newspaper editor William Elbridge Cowles of Minnesota's Saint Peter Journal, THE STORY OF REDMANSHIP and the Sons of Liberty offers today's readers amazing glimpses into the Revolutionary history of America's British Colonies while describing "The Patriotic Origin and Beautiful Teachings of the Improved Order of Red Men." Who were these Sons (and Daughters) of Liberty who secretly met in Boston's Green Dragon tavern? "Bound together in defense of Equality before the law," they disguised themselves as Mohawks to carry out the destruction of tea at Boston Harbor, and to ultimately overthrow tyrannical British rule, singing: Rally Mohawks! Bring out your axes, And tell King George we'll pay no taxes On his foreign tea; His threats are vain and vain to think To force our girls and wives to drink His vile Bohea! Then rally boys and hasten on To meet our chiefs at the Green Dragon. Our Warren's there, and bold Revere, With hands to do and words to cheer, For Liberty and Laws; Our country's "braves" and firm defenders Shall ne'er be left by true North-Enders Fighting Freedom's cause! Then rally boys and hasten on To meet our chiefs at the Green Dragon Lavishly illustrated in color throughout, with historic images of people and events of the period.
RECALLING CARL by Joseph Robert Cowles, is a compilation of essays, articles and images regarding the work of the world's most prolific best-selling storyteller and master cartoonist, Carl Barks. For some twenty-three years, Carl wrote and drew Disney comic book stories of Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge (whom he created) and other denizens of his mythical Duckburg, USA. These stories have been reprinted many times in every major language worldwide, making Donald and his fellow waterfowl the best known and perhaps most loved fictional characters of all time. However, Carl Barks was an unknown name throughout most of his career, as his work was attributed to Walt Disney. It was not until he retired from cartooning and with permission of the Disney organization turned his talents to creating oil paintings of the Disney-owned characters (based primarily on scenes from his comic book stories), that Carl was able to sign his own name to his work. Joseph Robert Cowles, author of REMEMBERING CARL, is one of the several young "Duck Fans" who were privileged to meet "The Good Artist" while he was still producing comic book stories. This dissertation springs from recollections of the friendship that developed between Barks and Cowles, insights regarding his craft that the old master shared with his young fan, and the potential for the work of "The Good Artist" to become the most valuable motion picture franchise of all time. TheGoodArtist.com for more information on Barks.
J. R. ENGELS is one of the “good old boys.” He's lived in the Pacific Northwest for over thirty years, but hasn't lost that patina of sophistication and style he picked up in Southern California, no matter how hard he tries. Many of his adventures include encounters with wildlife like Sasquatch, Vampires, gay cows, Roosevelt elk, and King Salmon. He loves to laugh and his adventures have taken him to the New Dungeness Lighthouse, the Ho Rain Forest, and Forks, Washington. He is a bit challenged when it comes to hunting and fishing, but willing to try anything, no matter how clumsily he stumbles through the experience. Don't miss his exciting adventures! As J.R. would say, “Tell all your friends.”
Deep in trance during a hypnotherapy session, Edward Peterson spontaneously regresses to an alternate life experience memory and begins speaking an unknown language. This leads Dr. Alan Arthur Winston to help his patient uncover a hidden realm where past, present and future exist as one, and each new life potentiality is chosen from one incarnation to another. In the most stunning revelation of all, Peterson enters and describes in detail a life experience which takes place several centuries in our future, when tens of thousands of families live in huge geosynchronous satellites, estranged from the Worlders below, and Earth's decimated population suffers from a war-ravaged environment polluted with radioactive toxins. Be prepared to have your convictions shaken to their core by the iconoclastic revelations to be glimpsed in L5.
Ellen sat waiting in the Buick while Fr. Dean Finn checked in at the motel office. He always registered them as Mr. and Mrs. George Adams of Syracuse, New York. There was no objection to a couple without luggage taking a room for a couple of hours at the Hit-the-Sack. The desk clerk, a poorly-shaven, perpetually smirking man of thirty-five lewd years, had managed, in the midst of an ambiance of sexuality which should have inoculated him against disgust, to cultivate a urinal of a mind. People came to his office thinking of their affair as a matter of love or fun or nature or bawdry or even mystical oneness. The desk clerk never allowed these patrons to raise him to their level of innocence. Rather, he saw to it that their ecstasies were not unashamed. His grin evoked for them the puritanism of their parents, the prurience of the adolescent gang, the hellfire of the preachers, the chancres of sex hygiene movies, the self-consciousness of the stag party. Finn hated the man; he was always tempted to sprinkle holy water on him.
The Carl Barks Fan Club Pictorial is a quarterly publication of the international Carl Barks Fan Club, featuring pictorial articles regarding the amazing worldwide influence of Carl's stories and artwork on literature, the arts, education and literacy.
The Carl Barks Fan Club Pictorial is a quarterly publication of the international Carl Barks Fan Club, featuring pictorial articles regarding the amazing worldwide influence of Carl's stories and artwork on literature, the arts, education and literacy.
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