Essays

Every season in the garden, like every season in life, has rewards and challenges, and every season holds moments that matter-if we pay attention.

In Over the Garden Wall, author Debbie Kaiman Tillinghast shares personal moments of joy and sorrow, struggle and peace, through her lyrical stories and poetry. She invites us to laugh at ourselves and discover moments that matter every day. She offers a hand to hold and says, "You're not alone."

We often miss the details in life as we rush headlong through the day. When we are present, and notice the moments, it increases our inner peace and well-being. When we don't pay attention, everything passes quickly, like dreams forgotten in an instant, and we wonder where the days have gone.

Venture Over the Garden Wall and enjoy the simple pleasures of being present. Awaken your senses and connect to the moments that matter to you.

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a magnificent treasury of the best short works of Richard Feynman--from interviews and speeches to lectures and printed articles. A sweeping, wide-ranging collection, it presents an intimate and fascinating view of a life in science--a life like no other.From his ruminations on science in our culture and descriptions of the fantastic properties of quantum physics to his report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, this book will fascinate anyone interested in Feynman and anyone interested in the world of ideas. Newcomers to Feynman will be moved by his wit and deep understanding of the natural world, and of the human experience.

This book weaves stories and observations about the local landscape and backroads of New England. Whether describing the intricacies of a wildflower or the musings from a weathered slate in a neglected cemetery, the reader is left to ponder the beauty and mysteries of local surroundings. These are stories full of humor and pathos about the Yankee way of viewing our world. Rambles and Reflections will open new and challenging insights into the commonality all around us that we so often take for granted.

Don Waterman has spent most of his working life as a sales engineer in precision metal components and as a public school teacher. He has served as a naval officer on an Atlantic destroyer and as a riverine advisor in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. He presently lives with his wife and Newfoundland dog in Harrisville, Rhode Island. A long time member of the local Burrillville Land Trust, he delights in leading nature and wildflower walks.