"Cultivating the Texas Twister Hybrid" is a coming of age novel, in the spirit of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Marijuana Grower tradition.
Set in a little house on a prairie near Austin, Texas in 1977, the plot follows Walker, an over-educated slacker who moves onto a desolate farm under condition that he sharecrop marijuana.
The surface story is about Walker's relationships: his apprenticeship to the master grower Greg, and his interaction with his girlfriend Ruth as they struggle against poverty, drought, a plague of locusts, pot rustlers and police to bring in the cash crop....
"Cultivating the Texas Twister Hybrid" is a coming of age novel, in the spirit of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Marijuana Grower tradition.
The timeline of the book are the 30 minutes of a Tai Chi Long Form set and years of growth into Taoism, experienced by the main character, Walker Underwood, as he comes to perceive the energies coursing through the universe. An inquiring into Form, using narrative, poetry, theatre, and exposition.
The timeline of the book are the 30 minutes of a Tai Chi Long Form set and years of growth into Taoism, experienced by the main character, Walker Unde...
A Blue Moon in August, is a comedy of manners about marriage and children late in life. It is the 5th novel in the "My Years of Apprenticeship at Love sextet." The story is told from the perspective of both the man and the woman as they come to embrace their commitment to each other. In one chapter, The Prowess of Kong, we see the man reliving memories of a group marriage as contrast to traditional marriage. In another chapter, Modeling Marriageability, we see the woman's struggle to liberate herself from her own mother. A Blue Moon in August, expresses the fears and joys and realizations of...
A Blue Moon in August, is a comedy of manners about marriage and children late in life. It is the 5th novel in the "My Years of Apprenticeship at Love...
Thoughts on Vacation, is a comedy of manners about raising children and how we are raised by them. It is the 6th novel in the "My Years of Apprenticeship at Love" sextet. In it we watch the main character, Walker Underwood, as he matures into being a father. The time line develops the same theme through several variations--parents are delivered from the suffering and loss of loved ones by seeing how their large world is really an aggrandizement of the child's small world. In a novel length chapter-- Mr. I (Crossing the Brain / Blood Barrier) this juxtaposition is used to carry the imagination...
Thoughts on Vacation, is a comedy of manners about raising children and how we are raised by them. It is the 6th novel in the "My Years of Apprentices...
Many people often wish they could start over and begin a new career, but think they don't have the time, opportunity, or the courage to do so. Michael Lyons not only takes us along his journey of change, but shares some of the techniques and skills that proved valuable in pursuing his dream of becoming a chef. By employing industry-tested techniques he learned as a professional "Big Six" consultant, Michael was able to chase his dream in a calculated and methodical way. But make no mistake. Change is not easy and obstacles occur along the way, testing our resolve and determination. But for...
Many people often wish they could start over and begin a new career, but think they don't have the time, opportunity, or the courage to do so. Michael...
Many people often wish they could start over and begin a new career, but think they don't have the time, opportunity, or the courage to do so. Michael Lyons not only takes us along his journey of change, but shares some of the techniques and skills that proved valuable in pursuing his dream of becoming a chef. By employing industry-tested techniques he learned as a professional "Big Six" consultant, Michael was able to chase his dream in a calculated and methodical way. But make no mistake. Change is not easy and obstacles occur along the way, testing our resolve and determination. But for...
Many people often wish they could start over and begin a new career, but think they don't have the time, opportunity, or the courage to do so. Michael...
More are at risk for diabetes than ever before. But diabetes is not inevitable. And for those who already have it, it may be reversible. Now, two leading natural medicine and diabetes experts-Drs. Michael T. Murray (author of How to Prevent and Treat Cancer with Natural Medicine and Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine) and Michael Lyons-offer a complete, individualized nutrition program, and proven exercise and lifestyle changes for preventing, treating, and even reversing diabetes. This unique book will help readers: - Assess the risk of developing diabetes -...
More are at risk for diabetes than ever before. But diabetes is not inevitable. And for those who already have it, it may be reversible. N...
In this comedy of manners, a young hitchhiker and the single mom who picks him up decide to live together and explore the viability of romance in the context of parenting.
In this comedy of manners, a young hitchhiker and the single mom who picks him up decide to live together and explore the viability of romance in the ...
This work examines text-referencing practices and ideas about sacred texts in antiquity. This book shows how Ezekiel, an ancient Israelite author, borrowed from and transformed an earlier text containing religious instruction.
Ezekiel used this earlier text (Lev 17-26, the "Holiness Code") in order to explain the sixth-century destruction of his city and the exile of its inhabitants, and to create hope for the exilic community of which he was a part. It was precisely because he regarded this text as authoritative and paradigmatic for his own day that he borrowed its words and...
This work examines text-referencing practices and ideas about sacred texts in antiquity. This book shows how Ezekiel, an ancient Israelite author, ...
