Cottage Daze
Autor James Rossen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 apr 2012
Cottage Daze celebrates life at the cottage where the cottage is the main character, and family, friends, pets, and fellow cottagers are the supporting cast. Whether writing about cottage routine ("First Ski," "Of Mice and Men," "Cottage Guests"), cottage tasks ("Splitting Wood," "Boat Launch"), nature ("A Gathering of Loons," "The Sting," "Autumn Spell"), cottage fun ("The Cottage Duel"), or cottage touchstones ("Start the Day," "Bonfire," "The Perfect Storm"), the stories are told with humour, compassion, insight, and nostalgia.
Who doesn't remember sitting in a frigid lake, trying to help a youngster get up on water skis for the first time, launching a boat while the whole world seems to be watching, or getting caught up in a nest of wasps? This collection of stories, elegantly organized into four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), will make readers laugh, cry, and long to be at the cottage a "must have" for every cottage bookshelf.
Who doesn't remember sitting in a frigid lake, trying to help a youngster get up on water skis for the first time, launching a boat while the whole world seems to be watching, or getting caught up in a nest of wasps? This collection of stories, elegantly organized into four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), will make readers laugh, cry, and long to be at the cottage a "must have" for every cottage bookshelf.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781459704459
ISBN-10: 1459704452
Pagini: 159
Ilustrații: 30
Dimensiuni: 154 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: J. Patrick Boyer Book
ISBN-10: 1459704452
Pagini: 159
Ilustrații: 30
Dimensiuni: 154 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: J. Patrick Boyer Book
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Cuprins
Prologue - The Writer’s Life
Springtime - Back to the Cottage
1. The Opening 2. Opening Checklist
3. Of Mice and Men 4. Hello World
5. The Rescue 6. Flying Piranha
7. Game of Tapes and Ladders 8. Forever Young
9. The Breakdown and the Brat 10. What’s Eating You?
11. Nature’s Guardians 12. Farewell to a Cottage Friend
13. Boat Launch 14. The Robin
15. The Nesting Box 16. Time Moves On
Summertime Escape
17. Leave it to Beaver 18. First Job
19. The Perfect Storm 20. Holding the Fort
21. Death of a Dog 22. First Ski
23. Life is a Game 24. Cottage Guests
25. The Food Chain 26. Island Kingdom
27. Puppy Love 28. Lost in Translation
29. The Handyman 30. The Cottage Duel
31. A Gathering of Loons 32. The Sting
33. Who Has Seen the Wind 34. Start the Day
35. Pirates of Muskoka 36. Are You Afraid of the Dark?
37. Bonfire 38. That 70's Show
39. It’s a Dog’s Life 40. Cottage Renovations
41. Our Garden Patch 42. Chirpy’s Diner
43. Hunting for Hidden Treasure 44. In a Fog
45. Nature’s Stage
Autumn Colours
46. End of Summer 47. I’m a Lumberjack
48. Inspector Gadget 49. Splitting Wood
50. Season’s Change 51. Three Men on a Dock
52. Autumn’s Spell 53. To Fetch a Pail of Water
54. The Closing
In Winter Snow
55. Cottage Country Christmas 56. The End of Claus
57. Gone Skiing 58. In Stitches
59. Winter Journey 60. The Cottage Rink
61. Cottage Dreaming
Epilogue - My Happy Place
Springtime - Back to the Cottage
1. The Opening 2. Opening Checklist
3. Of Mice and Men 4. Hello World
5. The Rescue 6. Flying Piranha
7. Game of Tapes and Ladders 8. Forever Young
9. The Breakdown and the Brat 10. What’s Eating You?
11. Nature’s Guardians 12. Farewell to a Cottage Friend
13. Boat Launch 14. The Robin
15. The Nesting Box 16. Time Moves On
Summertime Escape
17. Leave it to Beaver 18. First Job
19. The Perfect Storm 20. Holding the Fort
21. Death of a Dog 22. First Ski
23. Life is a Game 24. Cottage Guests
25. The Food Chain 26. Island Kingdom
27. Puppy Love 28. Lost in Translation
29. The Handyman 30. The Cottage Duel
31. A Gathering of Loons 32. The Sting
33. Who Has Seen the Wind 34. Start the Day
35. Pirates of Muskoka 36. Are You Afraid of the Dark?
37. Bonfire 38. That 70's Show
39. It’s a Dog’s Life 40. Cottage Renovations
41. Our Garden Patch 42. Chirpy’s Diner
43. Hunting for Hidden Treasure 44. In a Fog
45. Nature’s Stage
Autumn Colours
46. End of Summer 47. I’m a Lumberjack
48. Inspector Gadget 49. Splitting Wood
50. Season’s Change 51. Three Men on a Dock
52. Autumn’s Spell 53. To Fetch a Pail of Water
54. The Closing
In Winter Snow
55. Cottage Country Christmas 56. The End of Claus
57. Gone Skiing 58. In Stitches
59. Winter Journey 60. The Cottage Rink
61. Cottage Dreaming
Epilogue - My Happy Place
Recenzii
"James Ross takes us deep inside the Canadian cottage experience, savouring its endless wonders, laughing at the frustrations. You'll hear the loons, marvel at the golden sunsets, and smell the firewood.You are at the cottage."
The thread runs chronologically, from opening the camp to closing it and everything in between tells staple stories that transcend the cottage culture across Canada and through generations. -- Lakes of the Woods, May 10, 2012 Filled with amusing anecdotes of previous summer shenanigans, Cottage Daze explores the feeling that a cottage adds to a relaxing, enjoyable summer. -- The Echo Haliburton County, May 15, 2012 "James Ross takes us deep inside the Canadian cottage experience, savouring its endless wonders, laughing at the frustrations. You'll hear the loons, marvel at the golden sunsets, and smell the firewood.You are at the cottage." -- Lloyd Robertson, Former CTV News Anchor "In 160 pages this engaging journalist chronicles episodes at his Muskoka cottage. Ross's Muskoka island cottage is a place where he enjoys adventures and misadventures in all seasons. His robust sense of humour and adventure are nicely balanced with insight about nature and the human condition." -- Muskoka Magazine, Aug 2012
Notă biografică
James Ross has a degree in journalism and has worked as a newspaper reporter, cowboy, mountain guide, museum curator, dogsledder, movie stuntman, animal trainer, photo double, and freelance writer. He enjoys adventures and misadventures at his Muskoka island cottage and lives in Bracebridge, Ontario.
Descriere
Whether the reader is a regular cottage-goer or have fond memories from childhood, "Cottage Daze" will bring the warmth of the campfire and the musty pine smell of an old cabin to life no matter where they read it.