News from 3 Chairs
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Discover the Possibility of Divine Connection
EVIDENCE OF FLOSSING: What We Leave Behind Poems & Musings by Jen Payne 80+ Original & Vintage Color Photographs Would God floss? Do spiders sing? Can you see the Universe in your reflection? Part social commentary, part lament, the poems in Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind are, at their heart, love poems to…
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A Naturalist’s Journal of Connections
LOOK UP! Musings on the Nature of Mindfulness 75 ESSAYS & POEMS by Branford, Connecticut Writer Jen Payne Nature – Balance – Spirituality – Connection 100 ORIGINAL COLOR PHOTOS of the Woods & Shoreline of Connecticut QUOTATIONS by Philosophers, Poets Naturalists, and Treasured Writers LOOK UP! Musings on the Nature of Mindfulness is a journal…
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Flossers in the Wild!
FLOSSING Photography by Jennifer A. Payne Within the pages of FLOSSING, you’ll find a series of photos showing discarded dental flossers that first appeared in the poetry book Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind (2017). Part of a collection of more than 150 photographs of flossers found over a 3-year period by author/photographer Jen…
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Would God floss? Do spiders sing? Can you see the Universe in your reflection?
EVIDENCE OF FLOSSING: What We Leave Behind Poems & Musings by Jen Payne 80+ Original & Vintage Color Photographs Would God floss? Do spiders sing? Can you see the Universe in your reflection? Part social commentary, part lament, the poems in Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind are, at their heart, love poems to…
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Reflections on Nature, Life, Breath, Balance, Spirit
LOOK UP! Musings on the Nature of Mindfulness 75 ESSAYS & POEMS by Branford, Connecticut Writer Jen Payne Nature – Balance – Spirituality – Connection 100 ORIGINAL COLOR PHOTOS of the Woods & Shoreline of Connecticut QUOTATIONS by Philosophers, Poets Naturalists, and Treasured Writers LOOK UP! Musings on the Nature of Mindfulness is a journal…
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Finding the Solace of Nature
Waiting Out the Storm Poetry by Jennifer A. Payne “Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.” — Henry David Thoreau Written from the shoreline of Connecticut and the wide…
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Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt
One of the things I miss most during our collective Covid-oh-pause is my local library. I’d gotten back into the delicious habit of a weekly visit to browse the stacks, wander, socialize, and select. Now, a pile of long-overdue books sits by the door, ready to be returned and exchanged for a new set. When?…
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You are braver than you believe & stronger than you seem…
I’ve been walking around barefoot a lot. Outside, in the yard, to the mailbox — no matter the temperature or weather. It reminds me of that opening scene in Die Hard when John McClain’s seatmate tells him “After you get where you’re going, take off your shoes and your socks…walk around on the rug barefoot…
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Finding Inspiration
When I told a friend last spring that I was writing a poem a day for National Poetry Month, she asked me how I found the inspiration for 30 poems. “It’s like rummaging around in a junk drawer,” I told her. “You’re bound to put your hands on something!” And sure enough, one April, I…
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Waiting Out the Storm at Rock Garden in Branford
We’re happy to report that the poetry chapbook Waiting Out the Storm can now be found at Rock Garden in Branford. This is a great little shop – and not just for books! This eclectic shop offers a wide variety of items including crystals, rocks, minerals & fossils; jewelry; tumbled polished stones; oracle cards &…
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Winter Reading
What else is there to do? VISIT OUR ETSY BOOKSHOP TODAY
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The thing about books is…
“Perhaps the book opened a door; books have a way of causing ripples.” ― Erika Swyler, The Book of Speculation There is a particular joy in the serendipity of books. How one leads you to the next, how one echoes another without your choosing. How someone can ask have you read…? and you have, or…
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