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Forest Song: Little Mother Video A little slide show Forest Song: Little Mother continues the narration of Judy Baumann’s adventures in the woods. In this volume, Judy reluctantly moves from her teacher’s house into a home of her own. She helps the forest denizens hide Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany and in the process finds a new way to relate to her mother, learns to count on and honor her powers, rescues a friend from Dachau, and discovers sexual love. She also learns to cope with loss and to go on in spite of disappointment. In the end she becomes a mother in an unconventional way. A story of trial and healing, this is a beautiful tale of a young woman’s coming of age. I'd expected the underground staircase to be dark, but, while I couldn't see a lantern or a candle or a torch, light splattered from the lofty root-vaulted roof. I'd expected the air to be musty and dank, but the place smelled of lilies and thyme. I pressed my palm to the dribbling earthen wall then smelled it. It was saturated with the scent. A hallway, its floor made of roots, rocks, and earth, meandered from the foot of the stairs. And along its rock walls, time-dyed rugged wood doors as tall as cathedrals beckoned me. Dawdling in front of the one nearest me and fondling the knob, I poked my head into the room, ignoring Ma?gorzata's eager prattle. Excerpt from Forest Song: Little Mother, p 17 Available from Vanilla Heart Publishing in paperback or electronic.And at amazon.com in kindle download 
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Forest Song: Finding Home is the story of Judy Baumann’s struggle to escape to her true home in the woods and to grow into her power there. A cast of magical characters, including a wise woman and the woman’s consort, help the girl in this enterprise. The story, situated between Germany and Poland, begins in 1929 and ends in 1933 when Judy becomes a woman.
Forest Song: Finding Home Video Want to preview Forest Song: Finding Home or Forest Song: Little Mother download a CHAPTER PREVIEW FREEBIE pdf here. "This place looks like a rain forest gone to snow," Tranoc quipped about the herbs and the notes still stuck to every surface in the house. He made the sound of some bird he had heard in some jungle, and, aping his avian mating dance, I mimicked his plaintive cry. Communicating only with the jungle bird's call, we built a blaze together with the coals we'd brought back from the Kupa?a fire. Excerpt from Forest Song: Finding Home, p 304 Available from Vanilla Heart Publishing in paperback or electronic. And at amazon.com in paperback
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Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones is a collection of eight uplifting stories about girls and women who, when faced with life’s challenges, turn to their cultural grandmothers for comfort and advice. Though the stories are set in different eras and cover different kinds of issues, each one reflects a reverence for the divine in every woman. Forest Song: Hidden Passages Video Cinnamon and nutmeg, ginger and cayenne mingle with the tawny dust and always make me sneeze. And the sneezing always makes me laugh. But their incense also fans in me an odd nostalgia for foreign regions with exotic names that I have never seen. I've talked to the merchants about their homelands, of course, while they scooped their fragrant powders from their spice dyed sacks. And I visualize their countries as they spin their tales. But somehow I always think I am missing something, painting for myself a water color version of something that needs to be done in oils. Excerpt from Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones, p. 121 Available from Vanilla Heart Publishing in paperback or electronic.And at amazon.com in paperback
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Forest Song CookbookForest Song Cookbook is a celebration of Polish, German, Swedish, and even Passover cuisine! A collection of recipes for all the scrumptious dishes served in the first two volumes of the Forest Song series, it is an adventure in European dining! If you like to eat, you’ll love this book!ISBN 978-1-61584-330-5 Soft cover, comb binding 100 pp Released July, 2009 $9.97 Available at: www.amazon.com
www.bn.com (Barnes and Noble) AG Press Book Store ReviewsI just loved Vila SpiderHawk’s Forest Song: Finding Home and Forest Song: Little Mother, and so when I saw Forest Song Cookbook, I naturally snatched it right up! And am I ever glad I did! I am having such fun making these delicious recipes. Surprisingly easy to make, these dishes are just a delight!~Alicia Rochelle Eberly When I read Forest Song: Finding Home, and Forest Song: Little Mother, the meals that were prepared sounded so absolutely wonderful! And now, here comes Forest Song Cookbook! What a treat and a joy! SpiderHawk is as thorough and graceful with her recipes as she is with her prose. One more feather in her cap! Order today for only $9.97! ~Nell Bloom Available from amazon.com in paperback
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Vila SpiderHawk lives in the woods of Pennsylvania with her husband, their six cats, and their many woodland friends. SpiderHawk is a gourmet Vegan cook, and an avid gardener. Email Vila at VilaSpiderHawk@VilaSpiderHawk.com |