Cape Ann And Beyond The Cut Bridge

My poems are about places on Cape Ann, in the wider world, and in interior places of mind and heart. I often write poetry about beauty as revelatory of transcendent meanings in nature, community, and intuitions of the divine. The introduction reveals my literary and religious connections to Lucy Larcom, a nineteenth-century writer who is most famous for her book of prose, A New England Girlhood Outlined from Memory and her book of poetry, Wild Roses of Cape Ann. For both my historical soul sister and for me, beauty is sacramental, signaling the Creator in creation. Beauty is beatitude infused. I invite you to contemplate with me. Perhaps our paths will converge. It is my hope that you will discover challenge, comfort, and even joy.

Sustaining beauty is the thread which weaves through these poems as magically as it runs through the poet’s life. Finding nourishing beauty in nature, faith communities, and civic engagement, Sharon invites readers to linger with her collection and find sustenance within her images. Meet Me at the Ice Cream: New and Selected Poems is well suited for book groups.

Riding the Wild Ocean is a compilation of author Paul Krantz's wildest adventures over the years, which takes us from coastal New England to the Dry Tortugas -- all in small boats under twenty-feet in length. Beyond the sheer thrill of adventure, Riding the Wild Ocean is a how-to manual for the serious sailor contemplating trying his or her hand at such open ocean adventuring in small boats, including how to select and equip a boat for all-weather, day and night sailing; and how to prepare one's self as well through gradual exposure to extreme conditions in controlled situations.

Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .