Books

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Here are some books that have come up recently in workshops, presentations, and conversations. Enjoy!

Curly Girl: The Handbook. A Celebration of Curls: How to Cut Them, Care for Them, Love Them, and Set Them Free, by Lorraine Massey and Deborah Chiel

This book completely changed my relationship with my hair. I don't follow Massey's advice mindlessly, but her guidance has helped me think for myself and has freed me from the tyranny I grew up with from a) the 70s and b) my family. It's worth it even if you buy it new.

Original edition: http://www.powells.com/biblio?PID=28461&cgi=product&isbn=0761123008#product_details

(New edition, with which I'm not familiar: http://www.workman.com/products/9780761156789/)

Promises to Keep: Crafting Your Own Wedding Ceremony, by Ann Keeler Evans, MDiv.

This book isn't about planning your wedding day -- it's a book about planning your wedding ceremony, so it fits you, what you need, and your community. I've used it myself, and I've also used it with almost every couple I've helped get married, some Quaker, some not. (I also tend to give it as an engagement gift.)

http://www.annkeelerevans.org/shoppe/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1

A Ring of Endless Light, by Madeleine L'Engle

http://www.madeleinelengle.com/books/ringOfEndlessLight.htm

A Winter Solstice Singing Ritual, by Julie Forest Middleton and Stasa Morgan-Appel

(If I can't tout this one, what can I tout?)

http://emeraldearth.net/winter__solstice.htm

http://sites.google.com/site/stasasministry/Home/winter-solstice

Faith and Practice of North Pacific Yearly Meeting

a gem! (also, short, sweet, and highly readable)

http://www.npym.org/2007/FnP/fnp_idx.htm

Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal, by Rachel Naomi Remen

http://www.rachelremen.com/ktw.html