Jacqueline Potter invites you to journey with her into her magical world of delight, tranquility and joy in "By Surf and By Stream"
Save 40% when you buy 5 or more copies of By Surf and By Stream. It isn't a novel, though the author is a novelist whose books have sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide in six languages. It isn't a book of typical short stories, but there are many brief nonfiction |
stories inside, many in Spring River Saga. It certainly isn't a coffee table book, but it is richly illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink drawings by Elliott Potter and historic black-and white photos. The book is both spiritual and sexy, with love poems, meditations and reflections. By Surf and By Stream celebrates nature and the outdoors, especially water, moving water, the seashore, floating, flowers, plants and wildlife. It isn't primarily a cookbook, but there are many references to harvesting and food preparation on the farm and ten recipes at the back in Taste My Grandma's Delicious Recipes. Some people find they can't put it down and read it straight through, but it is really made for browsing, for reading when you have a few minutes here or there. Jacqueline Potter is the author of two novels under a pen name for Berkley/Jove, personal and historical essays, profiles, opinion pieces and guest columns, meditations, reflections and poetry which have appeared in numerous publications and books. Her work has been translated into five languages and sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide. Her newest book, "By Surf and By Stream, Illustrated Poems, Stories and Reflections" is lush with pen-and-ink-drawings by her artist husband Elliott Potter and historic photos. Working closely together, this husband-and-wife team created a remarkable volume meant for browsing. It's personal, varied, and packed with their passions. The author wants those who enjoyed her novels to know she hasn't left love out of this new book.
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The book is perfect for gifts, vacations, for bedside tables at home, guest rooms, second homes or condos at the beach, lake, mountains, in your RV or on a cruise. Many of the reflections, poems and nonfiction stories are short and light-hearted, while others are longer, sometimes more thoughtful and meditative, sometimes nostalgic or humorous. On family vacations at Hilton Head Island, S.C. years ago, she began writing "beach poems". The poems often appeared in The Islander magazine, Hilton Head, and became the starting point for By Surf and By Stream, Illustrated Poems, Stories and Reflections. Elliott Potter did the cover pen-and-ink drawing and several illustrations then. |
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Poet, novelist,
essayist, speaker
and storyteller
Photographs and
Elliott Potter's drawings
Elliott Potter's matted PRINTS are now available for purchase at
Koka Art Gallery
409 S Main St
Carthage, MO
417-358-2889
By Surf and by Stream is composed of reflections and poems of many forms, lengths and subjects, as well as sixty pages of nonfiction stories about the author's pioneer grandmother and her childhood years at her grandparents' farm on Spring River, with ten of her grandmother's treasured recipes, historic photos and maps. |
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