A holiday pastiche from the authors of Mindful Writers Retreat, sure to light your festive candles! From a Thanksgiving snow storm that mends old feuds… to the family misunderstandings that fuel new ones… a quirky elf and some romantic stardust will get you ready to go Over the River and Through the Woods on a journey through time! Proceeds benefit Ligonier Camp & Conference Center Home of the Mindful Writers Retreats, Ligonier, PA
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My Review –
This is the second Mindful Retreat Series book I’ve had the privilege to read and I just absolutely I adore it! Really hope that the writers get together again and put together another one of these books, it’s just so heartwarming.
This book is a collection of short stories and poems ( more stories in this one!) which are centered around the winter or holiday season. It’s great to pick up the book at any time of the day and read a new short tale. You get a different style of writing with each author, whether it be clever and funny, or serious , heartwarming or an out of this world story! It is a blast to read . There’s even a recipe or two in here- cue the need to bake while I read! There’s one for Black & White Cheesecake bars- they were delicious!
Short stories always seem to pack a punch and like the true book lover I am, it always makes me wish the stories lasted longer but they just can’t. This is what makes short stories like this collection such a treasure! Each story whether a little longer then another or short, took me along a journey I very much enjoyed. There’s some romance, some family feuds, a quirky little elf who’s all that, and a whole lot of holiday magic between these pages. I highly recommend this book!
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Into the Woods is the title and theme for this assortment of short stories, poems, essays, music, and one walking meditation. Each piece is unique in tone and genre and the result is that the collection captures the fascinating, frightening, fun, healing, and fantastical wonder of time spent in the woods. The twenty-six contributors who attend Mindful Writers Retreats in the mountains of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, are donating one hundred percent of the proceeds to support the research and work of The Children’s Heart Foundation.
Mindful Writers Retreat AuthorsMany of the writers who contributed to the anthology.
The retreats happen at Ligonier camp and conference center in Ligonier, PA. Twenty-one Mindful Writers Retreat Authors contributed to OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS. The group consists of bestsellers, award-winners, first-time authors, seasoned veterans, poets, memoirists, essayists, musicians, journalists, novelists, and short story writers who are traditionally, self and hybrid published. At Mindful Writers Retreats the labels don’t create a hierarchy, but instead reveal the richness of those who attend. Every single writer contributes to the magic and the fun that results from meditation, walking in the woods, and hour upon hour of mindful writing.“Thanksgiving Traveler” – Janet McClintock“Solstice” – Eileen Enwright Hodgetts“Magic Sleigh Bed” – Michele Savaunah Zirkle“Tidings of Comfort and Joyce” – Kimberly Kurth Gray“The Bridge on the River Obi-Wan” – Ramona DeFelice Long“Reminiscing on the Nostalgia of Happier Times” – Amy Morley“Christmas Pearl” – Demi Stevens“Once Upon a Life Well Spent” – Hilary Hauck“The Christmas Tree” – Kathleen Shoop“Tink” – Abigail Drake“Limited Time Offer” – Phil Giunta“Cranberry River” – Lorraine Donohue Bonzelet“The Christmas Angel” – MaryAlice Meli“A Gift” – Lori M. Jones“Stars of Peace” – N.J. Hammer“Fathers and Daughters” – Jennifer Diamond“The Day the Magic Died” – James Robinson, Jr.“Shaping Christmas” – Denise Weaver“Buon Natale” – Cara Reinard“First Nativity” – Larry Schardt“’Twas a Hard Day’s Night and Another Auld Lang Syne” – Sherren
Elias PensieroMany of the writers who contributed to the anthology.
The retreats happen at Ligonier camp and conference center in Ligonier, PA.
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Thank you so very much for the thoughtful review. These projects are so much fun and it’s wonderful to hear that people appreciate a collection of stories and also the holiday theme!!! Thank you!
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Thank you so very much for the thoughtful review. These projects are so much fun and it’s wonderful to hear that people appreciate a collection of stories and also the holiday theme!!! Thank you!