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Want to preview Forest Song: Finding Home download a CHAPTER PREVIEW FREEBIE pdf here.
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Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones is a collection of eight uplifting stories about girls and women who, when faced with life’s challenges, turn to their cultural grandmothers for comfort and advice. Though the stories are set in different eras and cover different kinds of issues, each one reflects a reverence for the divine in every woman.

ISBN 978-0-9796545-6-5

Perfect Paperback 300pp

Released November, 2007

$15.95

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Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones is a book destined to become a classic.”— Lillith ThreeFeathers, columnist and feature writer for If Journal.

“I truly love Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones. I have two daughters, ages 16 and 12, who are reading it now! This is a book that women of all ages can enjoy and relate to in so many ways!”— Shay L. Stringer

Excerpt

“Tichu considered what the women had said. The fire festered like a wound, melting the snow around its base to a sickly oozing slush. Sitting cross-legged, the women waited, still as ice, unwilling to disturb her reflection. At last she drew her hand from Harugi’s, kissed the Crone on both her cheeks, and rose to speak. ‘When I die,’ she poked her chest fiercely with her finger, ‘it will be in Grandmother Spider’s arms, not on the end of a spear.’ Her voice, sharp as flint, chiseled between her clenched teeth.” Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones , p. 179

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Forest Song: Finding Home is the story of Judy Baumann’s struggle to escape to her true home in the woods and to grow into her power there. A cast of magical characters, including a wise woman and the woman’s consort, help the girl in this enterprise. The story, situated between Germany and Poland, begins in 1929 and ends in 1933 when Judy becomes a woman.

ISBN 978-0-9814739-8-7

Perfect Paperback 404 pp

Released March, 2008

$15.95

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Forest Song: Finding Home sings indeed—with verbal imagery and plot turns that keep you eager for every morsel.” —Jim McConkey, author of Journey to the Far Side of Earth

Forest Song: Finding Home is a book not to be missed by maiden, mother, or crone. SpiderHawk has done it again! One more MUST read that will become a classic.” —Helen Collins, creator, editor, and publisher of Folk Music Ministry Magazine

Excerpt

“My first memory is of the forest’s call. Oh, no, it wasn’t the wind in the trees or the splashing of rain against arthritic trunks. Those sounds were there, in their proper seasons, along with the singing of the birds by day and the chirping of the crickets at night. But there was something else curling through all that, wispy and fragile, that I sometimes could not catch, something as sweet as wistfulness that would whisper near my ear as I lay in my bed.” Forest Song: Finding Home , p. 12

Forest Song: Little Mother is the second of the Forest Song series and continues Judy Baumann’s story. In this episode, Judy reluctantly moves from her teacher’s house into a home of her own. From there she helps the forest denizens hide Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany and in the process discovers sexual love. In the end she becomes a mother in an unconventional way.

ISBN 978-1-935407-47-8

Perfect Paperback 328 pp Released March, 2009

$15.95

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Forest Song: Little Mother is a truly beautiful book and one which Vila’s fans will be clamoring to own. Those of you who have not had “The SpiderHawk Experience”, should do so now! You will be thrilled with your book.—Jo Gray, Author of Tails from the Cat Basket

Forest Song: Little Mother is magnificent. I could not stop reading it! This is a book all women should read…—Dawn Thomas, editor of Oracle ezine

Excerpt

Slanting through tree bones, the late afternoon sun gilded the decaying leaves. The woods were as silent as the flat cardboard trees Bożena’s class had erected for their version of Swan Lake. Only my crunching disturbed the forest’s peace. I stopped often to listen to the quiet. At ease in the golden pocket of time where nothing of the war could distract me, I plucked a rosary of random thoughts from my mind and idly fondled them. Forest Song: Little Mother, p. 205

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Forest Song Cookbook is a celebration of Polish, German, Swedish, and even Passover cuisine! A collection of recipes for all the scrumptious dishes served in the first two volumes of the Forest Song series, it is an adventure in European dining! If you like to eat, you’ll love this book! ISBN: 978-1-61584-330-5 Soft cover, comb binding Released July, 2009
100 pp $9.97
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I just loved Vila SpiderHawk’s Forest Song: Finding Home and Forest Song: Little Mother, and so when I saw Forest Song Cookbook, I naturally snatched it right up! And am I ever glad I did! I am having such fun making these delicious recipes. Surprisingly easy to make, these dishes are just a delight!

~Alicia Rochelle Eberly


When I read Forest Song: Finding Home, and Forest Song: Little Mother, the meals that were prepared sounded so absolutely wonderful! And now, here comes Forest Song Cookbook! What a treat and a joy! SpiderHawk is as thorough and graceful with her recipes as she is with her prose. One more feather in her cap! Order today for only $9.97!
~Nell Bloom


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MY NEW BLONDE COOKBOOK (Not to be confused with my new Forest Song Cookbook) - ENJOY A little smile for all.... Some old, some new



Blonde Cookbook It's fun to cook for Tom. Today I made angel food cake. The recipe said beat 12 eggs separately. The neighbors were nice enough to loan me some extra bowls.



Tom wanted fruit salad for supper. The recipe said serve without dressing. So I didn't dress. What a surprise when Tom brought a friend home for supper


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Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones

Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones


Vila SpiderHawk’s Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones, is a book of eight stories about women who, when facing the challenges of life, turn for advice to the grandmothers of their cultures. Though the stories are set in different eras and cover different kinds of issues, each one reflects a reverence for the divine feminine.


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Reviews of Forest Song Cookbook

Vila, guess what came today! Yes, yes, yes it was the books. I was so happy even for the magnet. I collect good ones. I think all your paperwork enclosed was so beautifully done. I have never received a book with so much professionalism. I am so happy to receive both my books.



Forest Song Cookbook is exceptional. It’s already my favorite cookbook! It is exactly the types of things that I eat. I am nearly a vegetarian but it has lots of fish and meat recipes. While thumbing thro

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Forest Song: Little Mother has been nominated for this year’s Pushcart Prize (yes, the one you read about in the New York Times!)

“The Pushcart Press has been recognized as among the most influential publishers in American history by Publishers Weekly. Pushcart won the National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award (2005), The Poets & Writers/Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Prize (2006), and Publishers Weekly’s Carey Thomas Prize for publisher of the year (1979).

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Dear Ms. SpiderHawk,



I am reading Forest Song: Little Mother just now and I have to tell you how much I love it. I am Jewish, you see, and I just read your Passover scene. It brought tears to my eyes because, though I am Jewish, since I moved from my family’s home in Alabama, I have not really practiced my religion. Your Passover scene gave me the kind of communal sense that I used to have at the Seder. I doubt that I shall go to Temple because of this book. There are many reas

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At 11:31pm on November 11, 2009, Moonblossom said…
MM Vila,
Today was somewhat stressful for me but thank you for your kind wishes. And I hope you proudly display your book prize nomination! I shall certainly go on to the net and write a review of Forest Song.
Yes it is great to take one day at a time. I'm very on board with that philosophy at age 59. In fact, that's why I retired from my job after thirty-five years, That's the number of years one needs in my job to retire with full benefits-- nevertheless some of my coworkers have stayed 36,38, 40 years, and sometimes longer than that!! But I decided I've worked enough, and want to do other things with my life-- like correspond with wonderful sister crone witches!
It's the best thing I ever did, and I don't regret it for a moment. If anyone I know is getting close to retirement, I tell them to go ahead-- that they will love it.
So my friend, enjoy your week, and may the Goddess guide you through giddy ups and disappointing downs (of which I hope there are none!)
Abundant Blessings,
Moonblossom
At 5:31pm on November 10, 2009, Olathe Pauwau said…
We're doing really good, the Hubs is almost done with his stuff with the dentist (yeah) and I had a couple of adjustments done for my dentures, feeling better every day although I'm not sure why I'm having nightly potato chip cravings, lol, but when you haven't had any in almost a year, I guess I'm making up for lost time.

Hope you and yours are doing well!!!

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At 2:46pm on November 10, 2009, Lady Bleu said…
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Now you know who is doing it! Don't stress too much this week!
At 2:01pm on November 10, 2009, Moonblossom said…
MM Vila,

Hope all is well with you.
Thank you for the beautiful black cat. They are such mysterious creatures, with a touch of mistrust in their eyes. How can you help but love them?
I finally finished "Forest Song:Little Mother". What a powerful ending. I can't wait for your next book-- will you keep Judy as your protagonist?
Enjoy this precious week, and may the Goddess guide you through many adventures.
BB,
Moonblossom
At 1:59pm on November 8, 2009, Lady Bleu said…
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Sorry, couldn't help myself, lol
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Wonder when they will patent this!
At 9:16pm on November 7, 2009, Lady Bleu said…
Please be careful while traveling my dear friend!

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At 12:25am on October 29, 2009, Angela Crawford said…

Thanks! The puns were hilarious!
 
 

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