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Voyage: Travels with Tropic Moon

By |2024-02-19T12:29:34-05:00February 19th, 2024|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , , , , , |

Book Title: Voyage: Travels with Tropic Moon Genre: Memoir Summary: Tropic Moon, a 42-foot, steel-hulled ketch, was home to the Baardsens from 1978-1992. Long before the days of personal GPS, and with no satnav or radar onboard, Ed navigated using a sextant, a compass, nautical charts, and a depth sounder. Tales from over

The Garden

By |2024-02-19T12:19:36-05:00February 19th, 2024|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , , , , , , |

Book Title: The Garden Genre: Poetry and Photography Summary: With input from her spirit guide, Jean Baardsen composed The Garden more than forty years ago. In this wee book, Jean combines the 36 lines of the poem with 36 of her photographs of joyous, colorful flowers. Included are azaleas, columbine, day lilies, hydrangeas,

Again the Red Fox

By |2024-02-01T12:23:47-05:00January 31st, 2024|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , , , , |

Book title: Again the Red Fox Genre: Poetry Summary Laura Wendorff (Emeritus Professor of English, UW-Platteville) says, "Again the Red Fox is a strong, beautiful book about the natural world and our place within it.  Populated with a multitude of different animals, it is the fox that stands out, interwoven throughout these poems like

Saving Nevada

By |2023-12-06T13:01:03-05:00December 1st, 2023|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , , , , |

Book title: Saving Nevada Genre: Romance Summary One woman, one wild mustang, and a hundred days to save each other. Fans of Black Beauty will love this poignant story based on actual events. Haley Wilson’s heart is as big as her dreams. Driven by a childhood passion, she signs up for the Mustang

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