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<h3>What others have to say about "WindWords of Wyoming:"<P> ...your words sing, and the song is one reflecting a great inner stillness and peace...it makes us listeners slow down- stop, and take time for the beauty in small things around us, to appreciate the usual and the ordinary- miracles nonetheless. - Jean Ritchie <P> What a wondrous gem you have made!! On some levels it reminds me of Anne Morrow Lindberg's books, and/or Rosalie Sorrels' mother's recollections. <P> In "WindWords of Wyoming"... the land lives in your hands---and you make its colors as vivid as any reality-based laser photo. In a grand way, you and Lewis and Clark's journals are praising and describing the same special land mass--the American West. They found it when it was pristine---and you, by looking at the beauty spots and away from the crap, like any good photographer had to teach themselves to do, have beamed your light on the beauty that still remains. - Art Thieme <P> "WindWords of Wyoming" is absolutely wonderful and I'm enjoying every word...You have a tremendous command of words; I feel as if I'm right there with you.- Mrs. MJM <P> "WindWords of Wyoming," is one of the most genuinely wonderful collections that I have ever had the pleasure to read. Kat writes so wistfully and poignantly about her life and her Wyoming home, that you can feel the majesty of places like Shirley Mountain seen through her eyes. Both her poetry and prose shine in this collection, and in multiple readings, I continue to rediscover old favorites, and even see other pieces in a new light. <P>Everyday life is re-invented in this collection in a most joyous way; how to let go, how to make peace with both life and death, how much fun it can be just to let Nature be a part of your life, and even the simple joys of things like "ShutEyes Cleaning".<P> This is the kind of book that was written to be dog-eared, have its passages highlighted, and to be an old friend who falls open to your favorite page every time.- JE -</h3><P>AUTHOR BACKGROUND<P>First published in the Casper Star Tribune, LaFrance's essay, "Teach Children Critical Thinking," was published by Greenhaven Press in its textbook anthology, "Violence in the Media: Current Controversies," released in 2000.<P>Other publications in which her works have been published include Liberal Opinion Week, New London Day (CT), WYOMING: Magazine of the Equality State, VISTA- New Perspectives on the West, Wyoming Women, CATS Magazine, Cheyenne Eagle-Tribune and Gillette News Record.<P> After living in New England for ten years, LaFrance moved back to Wyoming where she began to write about Wyoming, spirituality, nature, pets and people for her friends and others. Some of these short essays have been used in online publications, as well as in classrooms in Canada. <P>Her new book, "WindWords of Wyoming," is a compilation of these essays, poems and short stories -- almost all of them written while LaFrance was living in Casper.<P>The cover of her book features a photograph that she took from the top of Boysen Peak, looking out over Boysen Reservoir. One may read of her impressions of Wyoming in such essays as "Home At Last (Wyoming)," "Tenacious Flowers of the Prairie" and "Snowy, Windy Reminder." <P>Other sections include writings on such things as "All Horses Go to Heaven," "Feather of Remembrance" and "Kindness of Tibetan Monks."<P>There also are several that touch upon family and relationships, including "Making Music with Mom," "It's Okay for Dads to Cry" and "Widow's Peek."<P><font color=green><b>Visit my website at <a href=http://katsagewalker.tripod.com>MindfullSpoken</a> for excerpts.</font></b>