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R.J. Heller

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in Allentown, The United States
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Nature, Time and Other's Words ...more

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September 2011

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RJ HELLER lives life forward while keeping the
past close. By letting words find him to tell their
story, he captures moments experienced by us all
and presents them in a unique and tender way.

This first book is influenced by the author’s travels
and love of nature, especially the sea. Rick and his
family live their lives in Starboard Cove, Maine.

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R.J. Heller Hello Petra......Thanks for the interest and the question. Night Sky is a special piece for me....That would be fine if you chose to share it with oth…moreHello Petra......Thanks for the interest and the question. Night Sky is a special piece for me....That would be fine if you chose to share it with others in the group. The bio you could use would be the one on the back cover of Holding Grace. Thanks, and let me know what the responses or comments are afterwards. Regards, R(less)
R.J. Heller I really don't worry about it. I let the words tell me when they are ready to be set down on paper. I simply set aside some time, to allow that to hap…moreI really don't worry about it. I let the words tell me when they are ready to be set down on paper. I simply set aside some time, to allow that to happen. If it does, Great!, if not, then there is always tomorrow.(less)
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Holding Grace

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A Downeast life in Cutler

For Captain. Andrew Patterson:  1956 — 2023

The boat ride to the island is a trip for the senses. The wind touches one’s face; the sound of waves, the boat’s motor amidst the cry of hovering gulls all compete for acceptance. The passengers on board the Barbara Frost crane their necks to see and hear everything. The captain — tall, broad shouldered — speaks in a loud. excitable voice. He is

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More Than Meets the Eye by Margie Patlak
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This new collection of essays touches personal loss in a unique way. Rather than deal with it by only embracing the past through personal memories, both tenses —past and present— are equals in the effort to make sense of it all. Add to it a natural w ...more
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Through Woods & Waters by Laurie Apgar Chandler
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Journeys. That’s what life is about, right? And when it comes to one venturing out alone, then you perhaps keep the words of Amelia Earhart close by: “The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity.”
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Our Father Who Art in a Tree by Judy Pascoe
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A Countryman's Journal by Roy Barrette
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Having thoroughly enjoyed this book, I can now say that the shelf in my study devoted to books of and about Maine is complete. Barrette’s book is one of two bookends holding the stack up straight, like that of a rock wall that meanders unhurriedly th ...more
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“In a tired time, with the light outside drifting away for another day and the lights inside flickering as they come to life, I cup my hands together and prepare to give thanks ... to the life of a day given to me. A day shared with past and present, living and dying, of body and not, and a realization that in everything that is, there is something that was.”
R.J. Heller, Holding Grace

“In everything that is, there is something that was.”
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“Skip a stone and it will eventually sink to the bottom, but the ripples it creates, go on and on, forever.”
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“...which causes me to wonder, my own purpose on so many days as humble as the spider's, what is beautiful that I make? What is elegant? What feeds the world?”
Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum

“Oh Tigger, where are your manners?"

"I don’t know, but I bet they’re having more fun than I am.”
A.A. Milne

“Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.”
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
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“In a tired time, with the light outside drifting away for another day and the lights inside flickering as they come to life, I cup my hands together and prepare to give thanks ... to the life of a day given to me. A day shared with past and present, living and dying, of body and not, and a realization that in everything that is, there is something that was.”
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