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"Not all pups are perfect . . ." Betsy is a new angel, happy in heaven now that she has met her Grandma Ada. But Ada tells Betsy that all angels have a job. Betsy decides she would like to be a painter, coloring puppy models to look the way they will appear on earth as real dogs. But will God be pleased with the work of an inexperienced painter? Find out on Christmas Eve in this story of forgiveness, redemption, acceptance, and love.

An autobiographical journey through hurt, neglect, and rejection. Leading into a lifelong battle of unforgiveness. This book follows the author and others through The Power of Forgiveness. "The Power of Forgiveness" is a powerful read! Laced with scripture and backed by the word of God. We highly recommend this book if someone may be struggling with unforgiveness. Walk through the pages of this book; step by step, chapter by chapter and be set free! Bishop Marcus Goodwin Pastor Evonne Goodwin God's Temple Ministries. This book benefits those of us who don't or won't let go. "Forgive that we might be forgiven". This is great and I thank God for you and your endeavors. Be encouraged and let the Lord use you to his glory! Dr. Lillie Reed By Faith Ministries. Extending mercy to others who have wronged us is one of the hardest things to do. Reading "The Power of Forgiveness" takes you to a place where you see yourself, and know you are not where you should be according to scripture. The writer has as much detail on how forgiveness is essential and imperative. Forgiving or seeking forgiveness is that we will glorify God and reveal His Character and the reality of authentic Christian forgiveness. Thumb's up Woman of God

There is a legal maxim, "fictio cedit veritati" that means fictions yields to truth. "First in Time" includes the transcription of conversation between two longtime "pacifists" which clearly evidences a "Living Truth" beyond the presumption of any fictitious record or narrative created specifically to gain access to One's genuine nature via trespass, as well as a highly deductive and learned exposition by the Author as to the lawful scope of such enlightened testimony. It is a must read for anyone with "eyes to see" the absurdity and confusion of a world completely devoid of Truth.

Anthony Samuel Colbert, a welder by trade and a criminal by choice, is dead. The criminal underworld is in an uproar over a theft of millions of dollars Colbert's passing exposed, and the attentions of police now looking into all their trafficking activities. The police are perplexed by the circumstances in which Colbert was discovered, and the supernatural elements that seem to be balking their efforts to solve the case. And Colbert himself, beyond the grave, is now in Hell. Shadowed by evil, he fights to protect his family from what still haunts him. But will he find peace? And can he keep his family away from this terror?

It's 1968 in Archer City, Texas. Gasoline is thirty-four cents per gallon; a postage stamp costs a nickel; and people still sleep with their doors unlocked at night. Fifteen-year-old Jim and his buddies, Charles and Gary, are charting new territory-high school-and finding the transition challenging to say the least. Meanwhile, on the outskirts of town, a mystery is brewing: Cattle are turning up dead amid reports of strange lights in the night sky and claims of a bizarre "creature" roaming the countryside. Come join the boys as they cope with all that's going on in this funny and endearing sequel to River Season.

This is a historical novel about a person who finds a way to travel through time. He starts out mainly to observe various eras in the United States but somehow gets involved which creates time deviations and changes future events. It is a very fast pace adventurous novel that will be hard not to read cover to cover. A must read and you will be compelled to read it several times.

"Multifamily Mastery: A Guide to Strategic Property Optimization" is not just a book; it's a revolutionary approach to multifamily property management. This comprehensive guide serves as a powerful tool for property managers, real estate professionals, and investors looking to navigate and excel in the complex world of property management.Delve into the dynamic, multifaceted world of the multifamily property sector, where balancing financial savvy, strategic planning, and an understanding of resident needs is just the beginning. This guide provides a blend of proven techniques and innovative strategies, empowering you to optimize every aspect of your property management practice.Explore a wide range of essential topics, from adopting responsive pricing models and enhancing online presence to implementing unit upgrades and fostering community. Each chapter offers practical insights, actionable strategies, and real-world examples, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the field.

The author has lived by the motto: Go where there is no path and leave a trail. His extraordinary approach to understanding the Bible blazes a new trail in well-known narratives which include ancient rituals used in society. The book includes themes like blood bonds, powerful covenants and the reasons why God's Divine titles were spelled differently by translators. His explanations of what the Bible is all about will stretch the reader's mind in such a way they will dive into it time and time again. This is not an ordinary read, it offers a fresh and unique journey through the world's most famous book and with exceptional perspectives that most have never heard explained. It needs a warning label, "do not start reading before bed, you'll be up all night." It is a true asset to any faith-based library.

Timmy's Wish is a young boy's powerful declaration of his faith and purpose in life. Composed in response to a school writing prompt, he proclaims his desire to become a beacon of faith for those who will follow him. Several months after writing his 'Wish', Timmy is diagnosed with a brain tumor, and this sends him on a journey through the ravages of pediatric cancer surgery and treatment while he continues to live out his life's purpose. Timmy's Wish is told through the experiences of his older brother who chronicles his younger brother's amazing life and their relationship with each other and their family as they battle this disease together. The family, without warning, must now deal with the realities of life, death, grief, and resilience while also battling the challenge to their faith as prayer has failed to bring them the answers they seek. In recognition of the many families who are faced with similar challenges, there are resources listed for families and individuals who seek family care services and options for managing the grief that inevitably comes with this traumatic experience. Timmy's Wish is the moving true story of how one life and one wish inspires his brother, his family, and a community and continues to do so through his lessons from heaven.

This is the story of a girl named Tommye who grew up on a very isolated island farm in rural Arkansas. She will tell the reader how the joy of her idyllic life was tempered by danger from the alligators and cotton mouth moccasins; by loss of family and friends, some of which were her pets; by trauma of being taught to kill animals for food, and rabid animals for protection; and wariness of the unknown, particularly school. Her curiosity, lack of fear, and strong sense of adventure often made her happy, but just as often put her in danger. She realizes at a young age that she likes being the best at whatever she tackles, a trait which causes a lot of pain in her life. She takes the reader with her as she learned to fish, hunt, pick berries, and harvest things from the garden. She introduces you to so many wonderful animals that are her friends. She says that she grew up in the country....the wild country. She also says that she doesn't know why she wasn't put into the reform school at age four. Most people would say that she grew up almost like a wild thing, but that isn't totally true, she was taught manners, strong southern manners. She makes it very clear that addressing any adult without using Mr., Mrs., Sir, or Mam was just not acceptable in her time and place. She finds that she has a very strong need to protect those that she loves both humans and animals. In this time and place that she grew up, the love of God and country was just a part of one's life, therefore, she has never been afraid to fight for what she thinks is right, or anyone that she thinks needs protecting. She learns many lessons in this ten-year period that this book encompasses. She learns that rabies is a scary thing, that mothballs don't cook very well, that eggs stick to concrete when it is 115 degrees outside, that love doesn't have a color, that it hurts when people you love die, that your horse and dog love you more than anybody else does, that electric shock hurts, that stepping on a nail gets you a tetanus shot, that shooting a snake in the house with a .12 gauge shotgun will blow a hole in the wall, that shoes are for sissies, and that you don't ride your grandmother's horse unless you want your butt beat!!!! She acts as the reader's guide through a wonderful time in the 1940's and 1950's when a little girl grows up in such a fascinating way and has so many incredible adventures, and learns so many 'life lessons'. It is a story that will appeal to all ages...those in which it will invoke similar memories, and those that have no clue what life was like back in that time and place. I didn't just live on that island; I was a part of it. I was the dust in the turn rows, I was the heatwaves made by the blistering summer sun, I was the huge catalpa trees by the storm cellar, I was the cool night breezes, I was the chocolate colored lake with fish, frogs, turtles, alligators and snakes, I was Joe and Miss Mookie, and Lou and John Henry.....I didn't just know these things, I was these things....and they were me.

Magdalene is eager to find love and friendship, something she lacked growing up. She leaves her Canadian home to join her sisters in New Jersey, quickly learns the language, and lands a job. All that's left is to find a husband. But after a foolish night in the city, Magdalene gives birth to a child and has no maternal instincts to be a good mother.Anna adores her high school sweetheart-both have college plans. But when an unplanned pregnancy threatens their futures, the parents insist adoption is the answer. Devastated by her loss, Anna takes drastic measures. Decades later, after receiving a distressing call about the son she gave away, Anna is faced with what could be the most critical decision of her life.Gabriel Mackenzie stumbles upon his mother's secret and begins to question everything in his life-about the mother who treats him differently than his sisters and the father he knows nothing about. Angry and confused, he spirals down a dark path that can only lead to no good.This 21st-century saga dates back to the 60s and encompasses the lives of Magdalene, Anna, and Gabriel, where the three are curiously intertwined. It is a story of love and loss, trials and tribulations, and a mother's essential role in the emotional well-being of her child.

Join Dr. Douglas Lindsay and Dr. Joseph Balskus as they strategically and methodically unfold the very temporal framework of a single moment and the consequences of that one moment. This compelling book hits and penetrates the heart, specifically asking how you choose to live your time and the moments that make up your time, how you show up to your moments, and how you prepare for your moments. Lindsay and Balskus introduce their own Tempus Model, which is a breakthrough, practical model for human behavior that occurs within a moment. As they unfold and dissect their Tempus Model, you will be compelled to evaluate the notion of time, within your moments. To supplement your appetite for understanding you and your moments, they present examples of those who made tremendous decisions that had favorable consequences and those who failed to maximize the moments they had, by choices they made (or didn't make). They will wind through the entire decision process within the moment and also evaluate why some people successfully navigate moments, while others seem to have moments and consequences they regret. Each component of the model will offer a glimpse into yourself as a person, a spouse, a father, a mother, an employee, a leader. These questions, along with others found in each chapter offer time for reflection on your moments, and the pre and post-moment checklists will provide a tremendous resource for leadership growth. You will read and feel how precious and special our moments are by reading of the author's personal stories of moments they have had to face in their own lives, including the story of one who experienced an unexpected moment. A moment no one ever wants to face but may encounter. Someone who had a promising life cut short yet, while they lived, capitalized on purposefully and effectively living each moment they had remaining. Don't miss this reading and learning experience. Time is the single common commodity that transcends culture, occupation, societies, career choice, and so many other things. It is one incident that everyone on earth possesses. Thankfully, we get to choose what we do with it. Since we don't directly control the amount of time we have, we are left to have significance in the moments that we do have. Start now by examining your moments, learn how to better prepare for those moments, and grow from empowering techniques to enact behaviors that are consistent with how you want to be as a person and as a leader.Lindsay and Balskus are already making an impact with their breakthrough Tempus Model by successfully presenting workshops and seminars that captivate and challenge their audiences. They believe that no one is ever off the developmental journey as a leader. Their research is compelling and this book was written to pause, document, capture, and share a unique and special perspective to help you on your journey as leaders and individuals. Join them as they joyfully and brilliantly share a perspective that their odyssey through leader development has revealed to them, IN THIS MOMENT.

This text book is an essential resource representing the medical treatment of psychological disorders for the mental health professional. The book provides information concerning neuron and glia cell functions. Neuroinflammatory activation by stress is described and importance of two glia cells in the brain's immune response to stress via the interaction with of cytokines which coordinates the immune response and activates neuroinflammation. This activation causes the expression of vulnerable phenotypes which produces the particular psychological disorder.Pharmacokinetics of psychotropic drugs are described in-terms of half-life, steady state, enzyme metabolism of the medication in the liver, and the production of active metabolites which dictates the psychological actions of the drug. The particular drug actions are discussed via down-stream transduction cascades in the neuron which actives or de-actives neuronal genes which leads to the psychotropic drug's psychological actions. The book delineates the three main transporter genes of the Solute Carrier-6 (SLC6) gene family, which produces neurotransmitters and the therapeutic actions of psychotropic drugs. These neurotransmitters are: serotonin (5-HT), dopamine (DA), norepinephrine (NE), acetylcholine (Ach), glutamate (Glu), and gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA).The drugs' side-effects include, restless leg syndrome, hyponatremia, serotonin side-effects, malignant serotonin syndrome, anti-cholinergic side-effects, extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), tardive dyskinesia (TD), neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and suicide risk. This section of the book concludes with a discussion of negative drug effects on dental health, diet, and physical complications. The remainder of the text discusses psychological disorders, diagnostic criteria, epidemiology, theoretical models, genetics, neuroanatomy, psychological treatment, and the particular medication used to treat the disorder. For each psychotropic drug the following are provided: dosage, titration, taper, time to work, neurotransmitter profile, specific side effects, enzymes, and metabolites. Switching from one drug to other schedules are listed, along with diagnosis treatment resistant medication strategies.A sample of psychotropic drugs include: Schizophrenia (clozapine, risperidone, paliperidone, and others), anxiety disorders (diazepam, clonazepam, lorazepam, etc.), anti-depressants (fluoxetine, venlafaxine, desvenlafaxine, duloxetine, etc), bipolar disorders (mood stabilizers: lithium, valproic acid, carbamazepine, lamotrigine, etc., and anti-psychotics: aripiprazole, lurasidone, rexulti, and cariprazine), Alzheimer Disease (rivastigmine, donepezil, memantine, aducanumab-avwa, et al.), Attention Deficit Disorder (amphetamine D, methylphenidate, etc.), sleep dysfunctions (suvorexant, exzopiclone, zolpidem, benzodiazepines, etc), and addiction (Eating: naltrexone + bupropion, tirzepatide, etc; Smoking: bupropion; Alcohol: disulfiram, naltrexone, etc; and Opioid: methadone, buprenex + naloxone, etc). The text book concludes with a discussion of psychotropic treatment of children and the elderly, including drug dosing adjustments.

There are billions upon billions of stars in our galaxy. A long time ago, explorers used the most distinct groups of stars to guide their adventures, associating them with objects, humans, and animals. Though this form of navigation is seldom used, scavenging for these constellations is still a widely enjoyed past-time. To start you adventure of our night sky, flip over this book and begin your tour of the universe complete with a fuzzy blanket, cuddly stuffed animal, and surrounded by those you love, both human and pet.

On most days, Wisconsin farmer Lawrence (Shaver) Ketch works hard and fast in the mornings so he can be at his mother's bar in the village of Wonder by noon for lunch. His routine is disrupted when a tragic accident at a nearby lake kills two teenage boys. An old nemesis would like to hold Shaver's brother JJ, the county sheriff, responsible for the tragedy. Shaver knows that JJ has done no wrong and would like to help prove it. Steve Hardy, Shaver's fellow bar patron, also believes in JJ's innocence. A mysterious death at Steve's business turns out to be a murder. Shaver, JJ, and Steve are not suspects, but they have different reasons for wanting the murder solved. Many meals that Shaver enjoys are described, and insight into the life of a farmer is explored. Before the murder is solved, a bit of humor and some romance for one of the characters holds interest.

Award-winning historian Eleanor Swent writes about going as a young bride in 1947 to a remote silver mine in Tayoltita, Mexico, landing in the mountains inland from Mazatlan, in a canyon with a tilted landing strip. Drawing primarily from letters to family and friends, she recounts the challenges and rich rewards of life in a Mexico unseen by most visitors - a Mexico of deep personal connections across cultures and generations. She weaves together her letters and later recollections, her husband's oral history from UC-Berkeley, other first-person accounts, and historical documents to present a history of silver mining in Mexico, early Spanish settlement of California, and her own experience as a newcomer. She describes operations at the three mines where her husband works, and her visits to them: San Luis, Santa Rita, and Contra Estaca, accessible only by riding a mule for several hours. Eleanor grew up in Lead, South Dakota, home of the Homestake gold mine. Her undergraduate and graduate degrees (from Wellesley College and Denver University) did not prepare her for life in Tayoltita, where she learns to speak Spanish, ride mules, and cook on a wood stove. She also discovers opportunities to serve her new community. The Mexican women admire her because she has only two children after five years of marriage. They trusther enough to ask her for information on family planning, and their husbands thank her for providing it. Some of her new friends descended from Spanish royal minister Don Jose Antonio Delaveaga de Gurruchategui, who arrived in the Guarisamay district before 1776. They welcome Eleanor's help with their food distribution to local poor people. Eleanor's mining engineer husband, Langan Swent, grew up in Tayoltita, and was called "El Niño Americano," the American boy. He graduated from Stanford University and studied at Harvard and UC-Berkeley before serving in the Navy in the Mediterranean theater during World War II, receiving the Presidential Medal of Honor. His father was the first manager of the San Luis mine when the Hearsts bought it from descendants of Don Jose Delaveaga. Langan's mother was the first Anglo woman to live in Tayoltita. Some of Eleanor's story is deeply personal. When Langan is thrown from a horse and seriously injured, she fears for his life. She gives birth to two children in Oakland, California, and one in Denver, Colorado. Each time she enters the hospital alone and sends a telegram to Mexico notifying Langan of the birth. Securing passports, residence permits, and birth certificates is another hurdle. She returns to Mexico, grateful for her beautiful company house and garden and plentiful household help. After seven years, Langan is offered a new job, and they are torn between his professional opportunity and their love of Mexico. He accepts the job and they move to Lead, South Dakota, with mixed feelings. By turns scholarly and personal, but never overly sentimental, Landing Uphill offers unique insight into historical Mexico, mining history, and Eleanor Swent's journey from her arrival in Mexico as a bride, knowing no Spanish, to her tearful departure, speaking fluently with Mexicans who will be life-long friends.

Tanya Anastas, an American DEA agent who is of Ukrainian heritage, bravely leads agents into a US battle against foreign drug criminals and is wounded. When she recovers, she is promoted to a leadership position in an international DEA headquarters in Belgium, which allows her to try to save her Ukrainian relatives from the Russian invasion.

Libertad con Forward-Facing(R) ofrece a los latinos la visión de la posibilidad, y de comenzar a reclamar su relación con sus sistemas nerviosos, cuerpos, poder e intención. Cuando vemos las cargas que llevamos dentro de la comunidad latina, que incluyen el colorismo, los ismos culturales y los impactos de una sociedad discriminatoria y racista, podemos traer curiosidad sobre lo que está dentro de nuestro poder para un cambio en lo interior. El crecimiento postraumático es posible para nosotros, y estoy eternamente agradecida por el modelaje de Eric sobre esto. El trabajo del alma que ha regalado a este mundo me ha ayudado a florecer. Esta es una lectura necesaria tanto para los sobrevivientes de trauma como para los profesionales latinos. Cada paso que damos hacia la intencionalidad y la vida alineada con nuestros valores es un paso más hacia la libertad y la liberación. - Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, LMFT, Autora de "The Pain We Carry" (El dolor que llevamos)La evidencia es innegable: el estrés tóxico en nuestra vida diaria está causando estragos en nuestra salud física y mental. Y la investigación demuestra que está aumentando exponencialmente.En Libertad con Forward-Facing(R), el renombrado orador y psicoterapeuta de trauma a nivel internacional, J. Eric Gentry, presenta su innovadora práctica que le proporcionará la clave para alcanzar la plenitud física y mental. A medida que avances en cada capítulo, conocerás a personajes convincentes que descubrirán cómo el proceso de Libertad con Forward-Facing(R) de tres pasos los devuelve inmediatamente al control de su cuerpo y su mente.A diferencia de los enfoques tradicionales de la salud mental que requieren tratamiento de un profesional con licencia, el Dr. Gentry desarrolló Libertad con Forward-Facing(R) para que se realice en el contexto de la comunidad, utilizando el poder del cuidado humano y el apoyo de compañeros. En este libro descubrirás un proceso para resolver los efectos negativos de un pasado doloroso aquí y ahora, sin necesidad de revivir los dolores del pasado.Integrando de manera perfecta la neurociencia, la psicoterapia y su propio viaje personal de recuperación del trauma y la adicción, este libro te proporcionará las claves para sanar tu pasado, transformar tu presente y disfrutar de un futuro con propósito.

While Ryan struggles to find his missing wife, his friends have been tasked with an investigation of the Defense Intelligence Agency. An investigation that involves finding a covert agent operating inside the agency. For Ryan, his only clue is a is a picture of his RV crossing into Mexico from El Paso, Texas. How these two arbitrary events intersect into the lives of people, is like a pebble in a pond with the ripples spreading out affecting everything and everyone till the ripples lap up onto the shore. Retribution is the fourth book in the Ryan series with his first two books both being nominated for the CIPA EVVY award.

Growing up in the South, there was one thing that everyone seemed to have in common-a front porch. It was our collective window to our world. We would relax there as a family or sometimes even alone to watch the day's events go by. They made up the crazy quilt that defines our lives. This collection of my memories takes you to a place beyond that old front porch. A place where you may laugh...you may cry...but you just may find a reflection of yourself!

This story was written to encourage your child's imagination and conversational skills.This is a story about a mouse named Ickabickle and his special friendship with two unlikely friends: a little tomato vine and a toadstool. Despite how different the three friends are, the trio loves to spend time together. This story tells of one of their many adventures on a beautiful summer day when the three friends visit their very favorite place, the giant hill of beautiful wildflowers. Ickabickle and his friends find many things to do together during their climb. They share many laughs and discover the magic of imagination, music and nature's little surprises along the way. An unexpected storm cuts their adventure short, and Ickabickle must return home to his little tree stump house. Ickabickle can't wait to tell you about his friends and their adventures together.

Eight Winds in the Heavens Seasonal Health Secrets and Qi Gong Exercises from Daoist Sages that Prevent Disease and Promote Optimal Health & Vitality Tom Bisio's newest book, Eight Winds in the Heavens, is a life-changing Immersion into principles of health, vitality and disease prevention so fundamental to our life on earth that they are literally embedded in our DNA. This book is literally a "Farmers Almanac" for the Human Body. Daoist sages who lived long, healthy lives stressed the importance of seasonal health practices and Seasonal Qi Gong in preserving and maintaining health. Over centuries of detailed observation of the patterns inherent in all living things, they discovered observable changes within living things in response to the earth's position in the cosmos that correlated with the "Seasonal Nodes" (24 two-week periods), and they created health practices and exercises to assist the body in adapting to and harmonizing with these cyclical changes. Eight Winds in the Heavens is the product of decades of research into seasonal health and Seasonal Qi Gong. Previously the number and diverse nature of the seasonal health maintenance and disease prevention practices in China made these practices difficult to understand and organize for practical use. Now renowned author, martial artist, Qi Gong expert and Chinese medical practitioner, Tom Bisio has gathered all of these self-cultivation methods together in a single, easy-to-use volume that is organized like a calendar. These powerful methods of preserving health are now literally at your fingertips. Simply open the book to the current two-week period and begin. Engaging with even one of these methods can create profound changes in the body, mind and spirit. Eight Winds in the Heavens includes these Seasonal Health practices: - Season Dao Yin Self Massage - Seasonal Node Qi Gong - Seasonal Spinal Meditation - Seasonal Health Diet - Adapting Mind and Spirit to the Seasons - Seas

You're never too old to fall in love.Five lonely, divorced, widowed women in their late sixties don't want to be alone anymore. they have spent over 7,000 days and nights alone, eaten 21,000 meals alone and spent over 100 holidays alone. they don't want to die alone.The best place to meet a single man is at his wife's funeral.The women start "The Obituary Club" and began going to funerals. All they have to overcome is deaths, divorces, mastectomies, incontinence, and some of them haven't even been kissed in forty years.A funny, touching, heart wrenching story of loss, loneliness and finding love when and where you least expect it.

Beautiful, red-haired Theresa's dark dreams take her on another riveting journey through Al Capone's private life. Consequences of gruesome choices made in the past reveal themselves in this dreamscape world of desire, lust, incest, insanity and murder. The chilling discoveries in Theresa's familial past, bring her to the harsh reality of her present, where a hopeful, new beginning must be a constant reminder of a horrific past. "Prepare to embark on a captivating journey through the streets of Chicago's lawless prohibition era, to the to the Northwoods of Wisconsin in the 1980s. Just like the two books before, this book delves into family, greed, violence and lust, that span decades. The story line was so bold it defied the constraints of time and the finality of death! Couldn't put it down!" The University Book Reviews Pelton Rexnord "With a unique blend of suspense and captivating narrative, the story takes you on a thrilling adventure, transporting you across different eras and dimensions. As you turn the pages, you'll be immersed in rich historical settings. As you delve deeper into the story, you'll find yourself contemplating the intricacies of fate and personal growth. The narrative skillfully weaves together moments of reflection, heart-pounding action, and unexpected revelations, keeping you engaged and eager to uncover the next piece of the puzzle." R. Joseph Maretta

The fellas have grown up. The pool hall has transformed into a football field, a basketball gymnasium, and a baseball diamond. Joey's world revolves around a mix of old and new friends, being a college student and athlete, and delving into situations that bring humor, danger, and violence into his world.The mob and a demented serial killer throw Joey's life into chaos.

Words continue to flood the mind with questions of what next and where too after death take another life leaving behind the living to claim only memories of what remain and where do we really go from hereafter when death again makes another claim.

Budapest and the Bronx: Portrait of an Intermarriage is a memoir that begins in wartime Budapest and touches on dark topics-Fascism, Stalinism, antisemitism-but it is mainly about two people from radically different backgrounds who enjoyed each other's company for almost six decades. Theirs was a marriage of "true minds" because they had so many interests in common, but they did have one serious disagreement.

Wayne Slingluff is a retired software engineer who has lived on Long Island NY for over 40 years. His wife Joan has put up with him even longer. He comments on memories of a computer career, art, family, and life in general _ not so long ago, but gone forever.As great events roiled the world from 1990 to 2010, normal busy lives continued. He writes of theirs fondly, chaotically, nostalgically, and with a patina of current philosophic comments. None involve famous events or people. He claims "Perhaps this is a little like Boethius' Consolations of Philosophy. I too will be executed (by fate) sometime in the not so distant future. Meanwhile, writing can be good for mind and soul. Work without stress."There is advice, but no get rich quick schemes. No cosmic revelations. "We made our way and fulfilled modest ambitions. We were and continue to be happy, appreciative, and thankful for all those recent times gone by."The theme is that one need not conquer the world nor win battles against great odds to have a satisfying personal, professional, and family existence.

These poems provide for readers what Harold Bloom deems "difficult pleasure." The intellectual challenges in many of these poems can educate and inspire-- with the reader's participation. Also, they may elicit a chuckle or two if the irony is recognized. Some are political, laced with scathing satire that may offend. Various personae speak in the first person; only a few represent my philosophy of life and politics. I have tried to put the best words in the best order. I have used the sonnet form, believing that the modern reader has little patience with longer poems in this Age Of Impatience . Other collections include the following: Multiverse, Poetic Jazz, Semantic Antics, Poems For An Impatient Age, A Few Hundred Original Poetic Monologues, and Mugsy ( a play).