This collection of poems and essays is where Zen and writing meet. Zen is about simply sitting and awakening to being a fully alive human being, interconnected with the world. Writing is about awakening the creative mind and allowing it to become fully alive and connected with the world. Each breath is a moment. Each word is a moment. The work presented here reflects some of those small moments.

In the Moment - Writing from a Spacious Mind

Literature & Fiction

Schanuel, Mary

Duncan, Sylvia

Fischer, Richard

Poetry

Spring Street Publishing

This is the 10th Anniversary Edition of Susan Branch's twelfth cooking and lifestyle book, newly published - with a ribbon bookmark - by Spring Street Publishing, a new printing to replace the original edition (now out-of-print) which was published by Little Brown &amp; Co. in 2004. Handwritten and watercolored in the charming style of Susan Branch, this book celebrates the wonderfulness that is Autumn not only with delicious easy-to-make family favorites such as Cinnamon Ice Cream, Touchdown Chili, Corn Pudding, and Pumpkin Cheesecake, but you will literally feel and see the leaves falling on her pages while Susan shares her special insights and stories for Woods-Walking, Entertaining, Decorating, Halloween, and Afternoon Tea. And so much more.

Autumn from the Heart of the Home

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Susan Branch

Entertaining & Holidays

Based on the diaries Susan has kept since she was in her 20s, THE FAIRY TALE GIRL is book one of a three-part series. Together the three books are an illustrated memoir, charmingly designed in Susan's style with her whimsical watercolors and personal photographs. It's an enchanting story of love and loss, mystery and magic that begins in a geranium-colored house in California, and ends up, like any good fairy tale, on the right side of the rabbit hole, in a small cottage in the woods on the New England Island of Martha's Vineyard. THE FAIRY TALE GIRL humorously explores Susan's journey as an artist and as a girl/woman, from the 1950s through the 1980s. In the first book of the series we get a revealing look at Susan's early life as the oldest of eight children and at the marriage she imagined would last forever. It's filled with inspiration, romance and discovery, a little bit of heartbreak, and a leap into the unknown. Journey back to the olden days with Susan, to the land of happily-ever-after, where men were men and girls just wanted to have fun. Bring a hankie, we think you might need it. Coming Mother's Day, 2016, book two in the series: MARTHA'S VINEYARD, ISLE of DREAMS Both books are prequels to Susan's 2013 bestselling book, A FINE ROMANCE, Falling in Love with the English Countryside, and both are proudly printed in the USA. More expensive? Yes ~ but hey, we're worth it.

The Fairy Tale Girl

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

New York Times Bestseller, Travel In the winter of 1982, long before she became the watercolor artist and author we know today, Susan Branch, 34-years-old and heartbroken from the sudden and unexpected end of her marriage in California, "ran away from home" to the Island of Martha's Vineyard hoping to gain perspective. It was meant to be temporary, a three-month time-out from the daily grind of being broken up and miserable, but within days of her arrival, alone and not quite in her right mind, Susan "accidentally" bought a tiny one-bedroom cottage in the woods ~ which is how she discovered she was moving 3,000 miles away from everyone and everything she had known and loved. Funny, observant, touching, and addictive (you are not going to want this book to end), based on the diaries she has kept all her life, Susan Branch relates her inspirational tale of lost love and self discovery, her search for roots, purpose, and destiny with laugh-out-loud honesty. A road map for overcoming loss, following your heart, and making dreams come true, charmingly hand-lettered and watercolored in Susan's inimitable style, there are diary excerpts, recipes, and hundreds of photographs. Printed in the USA, in full color with a ribbon bookmark, Martha's Vineyard, Isle of Dreams is book number two of a continuing story . . . Book one was The Fairy Tale Girl which came out October 2015, and book 3, which was written first, was A Fine Romance, Falling in Love with the English Countryside published in August 2013.

Martha's Vineyard - Isle of Dreams

This is the 30th Anniversary Edition of Susan Branch's classic first cookbook ~ published in 1986, and written at the kitchen table of her little house on Martha's Vineyard. Susan has given us this revised and expanded version of Heart of the Home, Notes from a Vineyard Kitchen, with lots of new illustrations, new recipes, end papers, and cover ~ plus, a red ribbon bookmark, and 16 brand new pages. Homemade, hand-written, artist-crafted and watercolored, this delightful book celebrates the art of the home with delicious recipes such as Tangerine Confetti Cake, Stuffed Pork Chop Casserole with Apples and Sweet Potatoes, Banana Fritters, Onion Pudding, Asian Quinoa Salad, and Garlic Bread that we are assured is "to die for," plus stories from home, such as The Importance of Traditions and How to Make a Kitchen Garden. There is also a special section for Breakfast, including Breakfast in Bed, and recipes for Blueberry Corncakes and Cranberry Marmalade. Learn more at susanbranch.com

30th Anniversary Heart of the Home, Notes from a Vineyard Kitchen

A Fine Romance, Falling in Love with the English Countryside is travel writing at its best by Susan Branch, New York Times best selling author. This charming book is part love story, part travel guide ~ a hand-written and watercolored diary/journal of Branch's six-day transatlantic crossing on board the Queen Mary 2 and a two-month ramble through the backroads of rural England. There are over three hundred photos, countless watercolor illustrations, wonderful quotes, recipes, a book list, a movie list, hand-drawn maps and so much more. Travel with Susan as she makes her way through wildflower hedgerows to visit the homes and gardens of her literary and artistic heroes including Beatrix Potter and Jane Austen. It's a travel guide that will help you plan a trip of your own, lovely for the armchair traveler because Susan really does take you there, and perfect for all Downton Abbey anglophiles. When you are finished, go to Susan's website where there is an interactive Appendix to the book .... you can experience driving across the Dales with Susan's own videos and find links to everything she writes about, the cottages and gardens you will want to see yourself. A Fine Romance is book three of a Susan Branch trilogy. Book One is The Fairy Tale Girl, followed by Martha's Vineyard, Isle of Dreams, and then A Fine Romance, Falling in Love with the English Countryside. All three are hand-lettered, watercolored, filled with photos, recipes and quotes and, as Susan says, as much magic as she could possibly stuff between two covers. Bon Voyage!

A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside

Arts & Photography

A brand new book from New York Times bestselling author and watercolor artist Susan Branch. Home for Christmas is a heart-warming tale of a childhood Christmas in the years after World War II, with Susan, her parents and her siblings. A book for all ages, told from a child's perspective, filled with anticipation and hope, it's a charming story about the enduring love of family that reads like a long illustrated letter. A beautiful Christmas gift, because we need a little EXTRA Christmas now. PRINTED IN THE USA

Home for Christmas

Memoirs

"Distilled Genius ~ A Collection of Life-Changing Quotations" is a book of quotations like no other from Susan Branch, the New York Times best-selling author of 16 books since 1986, including "Martha's Vineyard - Isle of Dreams" and "A Fine Romance - Falling in Love with the English Countryside." Like all of Susan's books, "Distilled Genius" is handwritten and watercolored in Susan's charming and inimitable style, and, as with all her other books, it tells a story. This is not just any quote book, but a forty-year carefully curated collection of quotes from Susan's lifelong search for deeper meaning, joy, and fulfillment in life ~ and her desire to share ~ from Mark Twain, to the Bhagavad Gita, from Anne Frank, and General George S. Patton, to Marcus Aurelius, and Louisa May Alcott; from Rosa Parks, Abraham Lincoln, Maya Angelou, the Bible, and beyond. Reading about the struggles of others who, often against all odds, made something of their lives - this gives us strength, and encourages us to make our own dreams a reality. Life-affirming, clever, poetic, heroic, hilarious, and human ~ hopeful words of wisdom, distilled into one book of "genius" for all time. "Distilled Genius" is arranged in themes, such as 'Secrets of Life,' 'Writing and Writers,' 'Creativity,' and 'Finding Your Dreams;' it's 272 pages of joy, just when we need to be reminded of who we are, where we came from, and what our future can be if we choose it. The power in words is endless, they make you think, and once in a while, they tell you that you were right all along (that's when you truly understand the "Genius" part). Everything that's needed to be said, has been said, by someone whose words carry weight, such as this quote by Joseph Campbell: "We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for all the heroes of all time have gone before us." Distilled Genius has a ribbon bookmark, is proudly printed in the USA, and unlike an e-book, it comes complete with that beautiful new-book smell at no additional charge. ?

Distilled Genius - A Collection of Life-Changing Quotations

Religion & Spirituality

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