Bøger af Ann Ulrich Miller

What was it like to be a teen-age girl growing up in the 60s? Amid political turbulence, social reforms and the Vietnam war, adolescence was challenging enough for a middle-class Wisconsin girl named Ann. Gifted with imagination and the desire to write, she used her diary as a coping mechanism on her path to womanhood. Stepping Forth is Ann (Schumacher) Ulrich Miller's memoir of those agonizing, self-conscious, embarrassing years of adolescence, when ... her brothers gets deployed to Vietnam ... a beloved grandmother dies ... first crushes begin to surface ... bad hair days in high school ... music and nature are her comfort zones ... long vacations with the family as a teen "with an attitude" ... hormones begin to erupt ... a teacher shows interest in her gifts ... her love for animals inspires her to strive for a career in veterinary medicine ... her fascination with the paranormal and some intriguing events that shape her future career as a novelist and the publisher of The Star Beacon and Wisp. Ann Ulrich Miller divulges her most intimate writings as she emerges into womanhood in small-town Monona, Wisconsin, with unforgettable tales of growing up in a family of six kids, her close childhood friendships, fleeting as well as "serious" loves, influential dreams, art and musical talent, an addiction to Nature and living things, with outspoken personal snippets on the political events of that time.

Last summer in Aspen... Rhea fell in love with Parker Sherwin while on scholarship at the Aspen Music Festival. But her dreams were shattered one week before their wedding, when a forest fire claimed Parker's life. Unable to leave the one place she'd found happiness, Rhea remains in Aspen and struggles through the winter as a "local." Enrolled for her second summer at the Aspen Music School, Rhea meets Trey Michaels, an outfitter, but she insists on remaining faithful to Parker, whose spirit jogs at her side during her daily runs along the Rio Grande Trail. She doesn't dare tell anyone that she shares conversations with her unseen lover.

Sometimes the clown... sometimes the comforter... Ranger is an Australian shepherd/blue heeler of unusual intelligence and devotion who comes into the lives of two people seeking a second chance in life. Anyone who has ever had a true companion dog understands the special bond between an animal and the humans he has enriched. Here is the true story of a very special canine and the lives he touched that would never again be the same. Born on a ranch in western Colorado, Ranger lives his life befriending mules, cats, chickens and turkeys. When his master becomes terminally ill, Ranger is right at his side up till the very end. But that is not the end of the story. He still has his mistress to protect, and then two special people come into his life to help him reign over his golden years. Accompanied by actual color photos of Ranger's life and the companions and people he loved.

Struck down first by her fiancé's death in Iraq, and now the loss of her long-suffering mother, a young woman searches for the meaning of life. A letter-followed by a phone call-from an aunt she didn't know existed, beckons Juniper Sutton to a secluded resort in the mountains of Colorado. Hoping to seek answers to her father's death 22 years prior-and wanting to escape feeling cornered by a relationship she doesn't want-Juniper accepts the invitation and leaves Kansas for the Rocky Mountains. Upon arrival in Colorado Springs, Juniper is befriended by two of the men employed by her aunt at the lodge. Wes, with his good looks and sensitivity, draws her with his charm. drake-more of the mountain man type-leaves her confused, yet intrigued, by his brash manner. Aunt Rosalee Sutton's down home charm touches Juniper's heart, even while she is thrust into a new way of thinking and encounters extraordinary people and ideas at the Rainbow Majestic Lodge, a healing and light center. Having been converted from a successful hunting resort, the Rainbow Majestic now caters to light workers and is preparing for its semi-annual holistic fair as Juniper agrees to manage the lodge's new gift shop. At the same time, she absorbs a huge dose of new philosophy through books and interaction with the various residents at the lodge. From the somewhat promiscuous massage therapist, Clover Wolff, to the overzealous handwriting analyst, Taffi Kincaid, Juniper piles up new friendships that also include the Goth-leaning awakener, Starla Streber. Aunt Rosalee's stepdaughter, Gena Sutton Howard, is Juniper's first cousin, and sets herself up from the beginning to challenge Juniper every step of the way. However, Gena's psychic ability uncovers something she'd rather not know about the young woman from Kansas, and the lodge's dark secrets begin to spill out-even to the point of murder.

What happens when you find the missing piece of yourself?She was married to her high school sweetheart, the mother of three sons ... the youngest still in diapers. She had long given up the search for her soul mate. He was alone and retired, just hoping for peace and solitude in whatever time he had left. He hadn't come to Colorado looking for a girlfriend.He had planned to pull out with his travel trailer the next day, but a freak Labor Day snowstorm blanketed McClure Pass Campground, causing him to delay his trip east a day or two longer.He didn't realize that a black-and-white photo in newsprint would prompt him to travel 2,000 miles to meet her.She had no idea the part it would play in the cosmic plan that would alter the course of her life.Ann Ulrich Miller's very personal account of how she discovered her soul mate and sacrificed her marriage, her kids and her security in order to grow spiritually and spend the next eighteen years of her life with her Divine Counterpart and best friend throughout all time.

Disillusioned with her job and a stagnant life, B.J. Martin confronts her mid-life crisis by selling her house, quitting her job at the Dexter Chronicle, and chasing her dream.Be careful what you wish for because you might get more than you bargained for. That is exactly what B.J. discovers as she and her son, Jason, start a shopper newspaper 200 miles away in a southern Colorado valley.Who hasn't dreamed of moving to a beautiful location and starting over? Up until now, B.J. has managed to keep her fleeting love affairs on a casual basis following the devastating divorce from Dirk Martin, her son's father, and the influence of his family's wealth that almost took her child from her.Yet when Grant Tucker, publisher of the rival Mountain Sentinel, takes more than a casual interest in her, B.J. is thrown off balance. It is all she can do to push him out of her thoughts and concentrate on the demanding tasks of making her venture a success.Haunted in dreams by her dead sister and too many bizarre and frightening incidents that cause her to suspect someone wants her valley-wide shopper to fail, B.J. finds she can no longer distinguish between betrayal and the possibility that she could still have it all.But at what cost? Unprecedented events begin to occur just as B.J. and her staff get ready to publish their first issue of the Buffalo Billboard. B.J. is confronted with challenges that would break the spirit of any entrepreneur, but she has poured everything of value into living her dream and knows it would be disastrous to quit.Unrelenting, she handles each new stumbling block with courage and conviction, as she faces a burglary break-in, stalkers, spies, accusations of bigotry, software corruption, vehicle failure, and tackling the cold-case murder of her sister involved in a drug cartel.

The Back Yard was never the same after Clara arrived. Elspeth looked around her, to see if anyone was in the vicinity, then lowered her voice. "I know you have feelings for her," she accused, but there was a strange note of understanding in her voice. "She's special to you, isn't she, Jay?""Well ..." I felt a lump in my throat."You really like her, don't you?""Doesn't everyone?" I challenged."After this hard winter, yes," said Elspeth. "I don't know how we would have gotten through the bitter cold and biting winds if she hadn't shared with us all that she had. But you, Jay ... you think of her in a completely different light.""You don't know," I snapped, still annoyed."Nothing's going to change that either," scolded Elspeth."She's not like other birds," I cried, "she's special like you say. She isn't afraid of the Humans, and she has power over the Old-Black-One and the Raw-Boned Feline. She tells me things I've never thought about."