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Confessions
of a Slacker Mom
by Muffy Mead-Ferro
“I
considered the strains of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21,
which I wasn’t piping into my womb. ‘My
mom never did that,’ I thought to myself, ‘and I was
always pretty good at math.’ When it occurred to me that Einstein’s
mom didn’t do it either, I went right ahead and crossed that
off my list of things to feel guilty about.”
Parents who are fed up
with the pressure to turn their children into star athletes, concert
violinists and merit scholars—all at once!—finally have
an alternative: the world of Slacker Moms, where kids learn to do
things for themselves and parents can cut themselves some slack.
Slacker Moms say “No” to parenting philosophies that
undermine parents’—and children’s—ability
to think for themselves. They say “Yes” to the idea
that it’s perfectly fine to do less, have less and spend less
while raising their children. And they say “Hell, Yes!”
to having a life of their own, knowing it makes them better parents.
In this witty and insightful book, author Muffy Mead-Ferro reflects
on her experience of growing up on a ranch in Wyoming, where parenting—by
necessity—was more hands-off, people “made-do”
with what they had, and common sense and generational wisdom prevailed.
What readers say about Confessions of a Slacker Mom:
“Besides laughs, this book gave me permission to act on my
natural tendencies as a slacker mom of two. Now out of the
closet as a slacker, I can avoid overspending at the toy emporium,
screaming from the soccer field sidelines, and racing to the fast
carpool lane—all without guilt. I’m enjoying MY life
while my children play happily outside—without
a coach or cheering fans.”
—Ann Palmer, Seattle mom
“I laughed throughout Confessions of a Slacker Mom. I’ve
always wanted to opt out of the parenting ‘competition’
and this book confirmed my instincts!”
—Sahl Isidore, Montclair, New Jersey mom
Author Muffy Mead-Ferro was born
into a fourth generation cattle ranching family that has been raising
herefords in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, since the turn of the century.
She traded her tractor for a typewriter and has been a copywriter
and creative director ever since. She and her husband Michael, along
with kids Belle and Joe, live in Salt Lake City..
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Surfing
the CIA
Gus, a young surfer from California, finishes
his training with the C.I.A. just before the United States enters
war with Iraq under the first President Bush. He is sent to Indonesia,
the most populous Muslim country in the world and a center for radical
Islam. Fair enough, thinks Gus, the surfing is supposed to be the
best on the planet.
While Gus sinks comfortably into surfing and the
bar scene in Jakarta (with a Bukowskian appetite for womanizing,
minus the sinister aspect), he is a fish out of water at work—a
surfer among golfers, a rocker in a crowd of Lawrence Welk country
clubbers. But he is determined to complete a successful first tour—even
if he has to wear a stupid disguise or pass himself off as “Biu
from Braziu,” a Brazilian playboy.
Gus’s first significant assignment is to
recruit an Iraqi diplomat to become an American spy. What he learns
as he follows (and mostly doesn’t follow) orders are lessons
for all of us: the common grounds we share regardless of religion
or nationality, the potential shortsightedness of political conflict,
and the deep value of friendship.
Nicholas Ware holds a degree
in philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley and
a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College
of the Law. He is a former U.S. Marine. Ware served in the C.I.A.
Clandestine Service from 1985 to 1995 in Jakarta, Washington, D.C.
and Rio de Janeiro. This is his first novel.
196 pages, $14.95
ISBN 1-930074-03-3
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Jell-O & Red Punch: The Heinous Truth! About Utah!
Author C. L. Crosby, a native of the brothels
of Kearns, Utah, tells it all in this irreverent guide to the Beehive
State. Here's what you'll find out.
Utah-K or how ta understand what we be sayin:
missionary reunions A gathering where missionaries are
introduced into a putatively heterosexual society after two years
with a same-sex companion.
Basics on the Beehive State 'n'‚ gettin
ta know who we is: That middle finger wave from so many of the
residents is their way of signaling their intent to change lanes,
cut over four lanes, or beat you to the off-ramp
Guide ta Utah geography: Ya know yer in Utah
when: You begin to think smoking might be a right worth protecting.
... The air feels sticky from hairspray.... Coffee is considered
a gateway drug. ... Scrap-booking is an extreme sport for women.
Gettin along in Utah, a "how ta"
guide: How ta: Get sex in Utah, swear like a Utahn, get out
of a DUI, avoid having to send your kids to college, think like
a Utahn, dress in drag, avoid homosexual urges, and more!
Field guide to identifying species of Utahns/Utahnas:
Learn how to identify the Utah Republican, Democrat, the West Valley
Breeder, the Art People, Gay Couples, and the Counterculture Radical.
The Official Utah marriage matrix: whom
may marry whom! Passed by the Legislature in 2002, this
matrix eases the paperwork at the Mormon Temple by insuring people
marry only people who will be on their same level of heaven.
Utah Drivers' Exam: And don't even THINK about asking to
take it in a language other than English!
156 pages, $12.95
ISBN 1-930074-05-0
8.4" x 5.4" softcover
illustrated by C.L. Crosby |
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"His
finger traces a shivery path down my spine. No it doesn't."
Backless
by Robin
Sterns
Set in laundromats
and cowboy bars in Florida, DMV offices and rented villas in St.
Croix, faculty houses and ranches in Utah, Sterns's stories bring
us women and men who vacillate between nagging self-doubt and bold
confidence. With great self-awareness they walk that line: they
fall of course, but they always brush themselves off and get right
back out there --for another spin around life's dance floor.
"Robin Sterns is a writer of considerable talent.... I have
read no writer of fiction whose innate talents impressed me more.
Ms. Sterns has the true story teller's gifts: she has a keen narrative
sense; she can write characters that are believable; her stories
have pace and rhythm and are a delight to read." --Robert R.
Ward, Editor, Bellowing Ark
"In [Backless] there appear characters
staking their claims in diverse and culturally strange, if not hostile,
territories .... Their reward is awareness and momentary respite
from confusion. Our reward is sane laughter." --Bill Brubaker,
author of Stewards of the House: The Detective --Fiction of Jonathan
Latimer
Sterns's fiction has appeared in Bellowing Ark. Backless
is her first collection of short stories.
112 pages, $12.95
ISBN 0-9648757-3-X
5.5" x 8.5" softcover
Publication Date: April 2002 |
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Tohkky, the English language itself is worked like a plastic
medium, a kind of silly putty that can be coaxed into expressive
shapes." —Diane Wood Middlebrook, author of Anne Sexton: A Biography
Nothing escapes the eye of poet and visual artist Fabio Massimo
Faggi. In his first collection of poetry published in English, he
delights us with wit and mischief, with sensuality and thoughtfulness.
Even the most dreary, mundane aspects of life (laundry, for example)
become a playground of possibility, opportunities for pranks and
theatrics. In some of his most whimsical "tailed passages," Faggi
commands the reader to become a part of the poetry, a part of the
art. "Take your green dress, (wear it)..." Thus, the reader enters
and helps create the rather surrealistic world of the poet where
clotheslines stretch from Tuscany to San Francisco and love letters
turn into kites. And when the mischievous meets the sensual, the
results are most intriguing.
126 pages, $12.95
ISBN 0-9648575-4-8
5.5" x 8.5" softcover with dust jacket, end papers
Publication Date: December, 1998 |
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