Fly Little Bird Come Fly Me Home

Willow is an inexperienced, but determined hunter on her first solo hunt in the dense Appalachian mountains. The day dawns with a falling snow and bone chilling cold, but undeterred the young hunter leaves the safety and warmth of her father's farm and home as she sets out through the falling snow. While eager to prove her worth as a hunter to her older brothers and father she experiences an unexpected fall in the rugged foothills. Alone, and with time running out, a familiar friend makes an unexpected visit and works to help guide her back home, but after the accident, will Willow make it back home in time?

Fly Home, Little Bird is Beverly's memoir, which focuses on the unexpected consequences of her parents becoming evangelical missionaries. The story arc includes living in a residential school spanning ten years where she was abused by the school nurse and other dorm parents. As an adult she also became a missionary. In her mid-thirties she had the agency to leave the church and create a life outside evangelical communities. Beverly became an activist for reform and change in the policies and practices of reporting abuse of children in mission agencies in both the U.S. and Canada. This included holding a "prayer vigil" at the C&MA's annual conference to put public pressure on them to investigate allegations of abuse (it worked). She has co-founded on-line Facebook groups which have many members from a plethora of mission boarding schools and agencies. And she is one of eight former MK's featured in a documentary, All God's Children. The documentary has been widely viewed in communities of former MK's and their families as well as in churches. Perhaps the most important thread in Fly Home Little Bird is how, with therapeutic help, she changed the web of intergenerational trauma within her immediate family.

A story about being brave enough to step outside your comfort zone.

Come join me in the thrill of a lifetime; jumping from a balloon at eight hundred feet as the command of Stand in door, go! is given. Feel the thrill and see the beauty as you descend, ending with a perfect landing. Picture yourself on the mountainside of beautiful South Wales as a racing pigeon swoops from a great height, entering the safety of its loft after a nine hundred kilometer flight. Be part of the real-life experience of greyhound racing ups and downs. The coal mines of South Wales have many untold stories. Join me as I tell of a life changing experience that affected me. If you have a great sense of humour, and are ready for a belly laugh, read some of my poems.

'Fly, little bird,' said the little girl. But, little bird is too small to fly, and all alone. The little girl takes little bird under her wing and gives him a home until he is ready to face the world. And that's when the fun and friendship really begins . . .

Duncan Williamson, one of Scotland's Travelling People, has been celebrated as the bearer of Scotland's greatest national treasure: the richest trove of story and song in Europe. In this collection, he passes on some of these wonderful children's folk and fairy tales, collected from sixty years of travelling around Scotland. This collection includes stories about silver horses and golden birds, cunning lions and trilling nightingales, brave princesses and magic scarecrows, the four seasons and old Father Time. At the heart of each story is a lesson about life and what it means to be a good person. The stories have been written down as faithfully as possible to Duncan's unique storytelling voice, full of colour, humour and life.