Poetry and short prose pieces - remembrances of life in a simpler time. Centered on summers in the Adirondacks, but drifting out across the continent to California these pieces hope to find resonance with you.

Poems and illustration by two lifelong friends

Written by Mimi Whittaker

Illustrated by Ellen Burke

Joni Matthews wants to reclaim her life after a series of personal setbacks. In 1993 small town Northern California, she chooses country line dancing to get her groove back. What she doesn’t count on is an emergence of a strange and overpowering urge to help a man she barely knows despite the danger of his unstable mind.

Sometimes life needs a guidebook, an inspiration, a path. This little book will give you some ideas to put to use perhaps at different times or maybe all at once. You deserve a great life. You deserve real joy. You owe it to yourself to get in rhythm with the powerful laws of the Universe and help others do the same. Here's to your transformation! Here's to the best days of the rest of your life!

An intimate look at a relationship between grandmother and grandson as he navigates the juvenile justice system the best way he can. Original letters open a window on a family striving to free itself of the missteps of youth.