Campbellsport Public Library

Peaceful persistence, Michael Perry

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non fiction

Peaceful persistence

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Michael Perry

"Brief essays by New York Times bestselling author Michael Perry on memorials and mercy, storms and farewells, family and fowl, barnyard ballets, the Sunday night sads, the wisdom of roadies, cucumbers and kindness, quotidian asparagus, appropo malaprops, pickleball, sushi boats and weird TV, the poetics of garlic, contrails, Mobius mind-grooves, quietude, Christmas tree injuries, cats, waffle houses, puffy partridges, bonfire bonhomie, dating in a hearse, and more." -- Amazon.com

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Flat tire -- Millionaire -- The bad day -- Window robin -- Wren house -- Good-bye Goldie -- Wren house part two -- Lucky day -- Weird television -- Quotidian asparagus -- Wisco loop -- Northern memorial -- Wren hatch -- Sunday night sads -- Roughneck revelations -- Garlic in -- Appropo malaprops -- First hearse date -- Wildlife census -- North shore -- Perpetual portrait -- Nanette -- Memory hole -- Butterfly chickens -- Storm song -- Montaigne and mercy -- Dump rake Halloween -- Barnyard ballet -- Garlic again -- Sticky drum -- Dad suit -- Big buck -- Wedding dance -- Sausage time -- The piano tuner -- Contrails -- Christmas tree injury -- Faux fox -- Auditions -- Eclipse -- Garden master -- Safe travels -- Crowdsourced truck repair -- The age of pickleball -- Gotta guy -- Shoveling snow with Edith Wharton -- Snowshoes -- Waffle kettle -- Customer service -- Character test -- Cellphone connection -- Roadworthy -- Biosphere -- Tiny house marriage encounter -- Spring noise -- Inner peace and Lemmy -- Puffed-up partridge -- Apple blossoms -- Tiny dancers -- Homebound van -- Chicken in the night -- Vulnerability -- Fireflies again -- Gardening -- The bug is back -- Talent contest -- Picking berries -- Greg Brown (one more time) -- Cucumbers -- Plum effect -- Monarchs -- The rhyme -- Paean -- Bonfire stories -- Ol' Waylon -- Loner -- Three bucks -- Sleet warning -- Old guy discount -- Story time -- Hotel review -- Getting dizzy -- Kindling -- Dance party -- The good people -- Christmas lists -- Chickens back on board -- Packers go bye -- World events -- Old phones -- Arizona lockout -- Voltaire is dead -- Parent brakes -- Niche joke -- Sledding -- Dow wow -- Blithe -- The old stories -- The healing day

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