Day hiking with kids isn't quite as simple as taking the kids onto a trail and walking. Many parents have no idea where there even is a trail. They wonder how to keep their kids properly dressed for the wilds and how they'll ever carry their infant all those miles. They struggle to figure out how much water and food to bring. They ponder what to do when their children get bored on the trail or start to misbehave. They know there must be a better way to cross rough terrain than the balancing act they're attempting. They want to understand how to treat injuries from blisters to broken bones, of...
Day hiking with kids isn't quite as simple as taking the kids onto a trail and walking. Many parents have no idea where there even is a trail. They wo...
For fifteen years, Carl Steinar and his sons, Peter and Lyle, have maintained a tenuous balance, keeping together their family and farm on the western plains of Nebraska. Like blades in a well-oiled windmill, each works in harmony with the other. But when Abbie Blaire, the new reporter in town comes to write a story about them, a monkey wrench is thrown into their perfect machine: She is the spitting image of the wife and mother the Steinar men lost years ago. They soon find themselves on new trajectories in which their needs and goals can only collide.
For fifteen years, Carl Steinar and his sons, Peter and Lyle, have maintained a tenuous balance, keeping together their family and farm on the western...
Whether you own a cottage that you visit on weekends or rent one for a week-long vacation, "headin' to the cabin" is more than a time-honored tradition among Midwesterners. Simply put, it's part of who we are. And what better way to experience all that "up north" has to offer than through a day hike? "Headin' to the Cabin: Day Hiking Trails of Northwestern Wisconsin," is an indispensable guide to anyone who owns or rents a cabin on or near the St. Croix River, Lake Superior and all points between, describing trails in Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, St. Croix, Sawyer and...
Whether you own a cottage that you visit on weekends or rent one for a week-long vacation, "headin' to the cabin" is more than a time-honored traditio...
Twelve extraordinary people have shared their lives with me -ranging from a Nobel Prize winner and a 107-year old Navajo grandmother, to a man who lived connected to an artificial heart machine for two years. Each of us leaves a unique footprint or a legacy before we die. At the end of each chapter the interviewee was asked if they were at the end of life - what are the most important lessons that they would like to pass along to a favorite son or daughter. To retain character and personality; the stories are unfiltered, told in the interviewees' own words. Every man's story is sacred and...
Twelve extraordinary people have shared their lives with me -ranging from a Nobel Prize winner and a 107-year old Navajo grandmother, to a man who liv...
The disciples walked with Jesus outside the four walls of the temple and learned what sharing the Kingdom message was truly all about. In the Descent to Compassion, the author takes the reader beyond Sunday morning service, past evangelism projects, and out into the highways and hedges where life happens and does not stop for a 30-minute sermon. The author takes the reader to where Jesus is walking and working everyday, desiring His people to join Him in the work. Divine moments happen everyday because God is always at work. Each and everyday we get up, if we open our eyes, we can see the...
The disciples walked with Jesus outside the four walls of the temple and learned what sharing the Kingdom message was truly all about. In the Descent ...
Imagine a land where you can walk through lush green forests and alongside crystal blue rivers...where you can lean against 200-year-old trees or feel the splash of hidden waterfalls...where you can retrace the steps of historic portages or watch bald eagle families soar overhead. Such a place not only exists, it has been preserved for all to enjoy - it's called the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. "Hittin' the Trail: Day Hiking the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway" is the only complete guide to the parks' great day hiking trails. With this book, you can: Plan days of fun family-friendly...
Imagine a land where you can walk through lush green forests and alongside crystal blue rivers...where you can lean against 200-year-old trees or feel...
A 250 page adventure novel about the discovery of 11 bags of gold, an Indian bow and arrows, and a fine silver rosary, buried in the sand hills of modern day New Mexico. A complex story unfolds in the Acoma Pueblo - a story of priests, Spanish soldiers, Pueblo Indians, Comanches, and a remarkable Apache slave girl who are thrown together just as the Great Pueblo Revolt of 1680 is about explode across northern New Mexico. Danger, adventure, romance and discovery await those who flee the Rebellion. Lives are overturned, hardships are faced in the wilderness, daunting refugee problems are...
A 250 page adventure novel about the discovery of 11 bags of gold, an Indian bow and arrows, and a fine silver rosary, buried in the sand hills of mod...
"The Edward Hewitt's Story" is an intensely detailed character study weaving vignettes of generations into a heartfelt drama, sweeping in scope and deeply intimate. Two families, The Harris' and The Hewitts, are experiencing loss and redemption, romance and heartbreak. The story takes us through the life of the title's namesake and the legacies of a silver lighter and a vintage ring that have been in his family for more than a century. After young Edward meets the smart and beautiful Dorothy Harris, who forever captures his heart, World War II interrupts their lives. When Edward's plane is...
"The Edward Hewitt's Story" is an intensely detailed character study weaving vignettes of generations into a heartfelt drama, sweeping in scope and de...
