BOOKS
What It Is To Be Human --
The
full (clumsy) title of the book was "hope lies in our ability to bring back to
awareness
What It Is To Be Human."
Awkward perhaps, but I like what it
says. Published 1994, now OUT of PRINT A book
of stories that I experienced, showing that people in other cultures
see a different reality than we see. They think differently, certainly
judge differently. And that is interesting and important to know, I
think.
Authors are supposed to promote their own books. I don’t know how.
Fortunately, the book found its own readers from one to another
Original
Wisdom; Stories of an
Ancient Way of Knowing. Almost the same book, edited and
given another title, published in 2001 (it
came out a few weeks before 9-11). It is still in print, and, as its
first manifestation, is finding readers. Translated in Croatian, Dutch,
Korean, and German.
Ha’ina Mai Ka
Puana; Let the Story Be Told -- More stories, from a later time in
my life. Many of them of Hawai'i and other islands of the Pacific.
Published on the web. You can download it (free). You may
pass it on, make as many copies as you want. Under the Common Copyright
agreement, the only thing you cannot do is make money from it.
NOTE: many of these writings are downloadable from this web site. Often
in .pdf format. You need a “pdf reader” to open these documents. If
your computer does not have such a reader you can download one
here, for free:
SPIRAL
Web published. Free download. Don’t know exactly how to tell what
it is about. It is a 'novel', meaning it is fiction. It may be in the
future, or in a parallel universe. It is not
science fiction: not much science in it. Nor is it fantasy, exactly.
Ah… read it. Oh, and the title -- that cannot be changed; nor the all
caps. I have no idea why that should be, but every time I tried to
think of a better title, or just a different spelling, something in me
said, No.
Rain of Ashes
-- published 2007, available through or at your favorite book
seller. -- E-book available for all eBook readers (the gadgets or
your own computer) Raves of praise (on amazon). A novel. Fiction. I
find it
very easy to feel it as real, but it is just a story.
I have written a kind of sequel, ANANSÍ,
available, free, in
pdf (like an e-book). You can download the whole book. Free. Anansí is
not quite a 'sequel' because it deals only with "the
people from Africa" after they leave the cabin in the woods of
Rain of Ashes. Can be read as a free-standing story but might make more
sense if you have read Rain of Ashes….
A Book
of Dreams
-- Published 2007, available through your favorite book seller.
-- E-book version now available for all eBook readers
Dreams were the roots, the seeds of these stories inspired by dreams.
The book is not
about how to interpret dreams. The meaning of a dream is for the
dreamer only. Dreams are an important part of my life. I am blessed
because now and then I like my own work. I like my paintings, and I
often like what I
write and now and then I delight when finding just the right few words.
Or, they find me.
REALITIES
published here only so far, 31
december 2010 . Collection of three essays,
each too long for an essay too short for a book. Together they make a
small book that elaboratley gives form(s) to my thinking about
realities for half my life -- a very long life. The two
realities I write about are the planetary ecology, Mother Earth,
Nature-- and the man-made world we live in (no apologies for
using man, no woman could
have designed our world). The Earth was all we needed for ages. Our
world is unsustainable even in the
short term. .
As a book it still feels ʻrawʻ I may make changes, additions,
subtractions, edits... I put it on because I may run out of
time to improve it.
It is in pdf format, can be downloaded (for free now) and read like an
e-Book. Tell me what you think.
WARNING: this web site is alive. I fuss with it, change words,
sentences, regularly. Add new writing in "Specials."
Check it out from time to time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR, is here
Last updated january 2012
