Carol Leonard

Shakespeare on the RopesBy: Carol LeonardTold in a series of journal entries, Shakespeare on the Ropes chronicles the true events in the humorous, chaotic, and entertaining life of Carol Leonard. As a woman with big dreams stuck in a seemingly dead-end job, Carol takes us on her journey through the frustration of finding a publisher, the jealousy within her writing group, the quirky adventures of her best friend and coworker, and how it all affects her overarching journey and the relationships with people she loves the most. About the AuthorCarol Leonard is a freelance author. Shakespeare on the Ropes is her first published book.

Tales of extreme building, bad beaver trapping and learning the ways of the land. A midwife and a wild, industrious French Canadian builder embark on building their dream homestead on 400 acres of wilderness in Downeast Maine. The results are poignant, educational and most often...hilarious. Follow Carol Leonard and her husband, Tom Lajoie's informative and funny journey of building their sustainable homestead, Bad Beaver Farm in Ellsworth, Maine. Tom Lajoie is a phenomenal economy of motion builder and woodsman. They are nuts in love but they find they are also raising about 100 beavers on the land that they argue about on a daily basis.

Maiden, Mother, or Crone-where does a woman in her forties fit in? Women who have turned to feminist spirituality for appreciation of women's ways of knowing have struggled with the confining concept of the Triple Goddess. Though no longer raising children, a woman may not yet be ready to be a "wise old woman." The Women's Wheel of Life offers a new archetype for this woman-the Matriarch. The Matriarch is the Queen of the Harvest-reaping the rewards of sustained work and effort, at the height of her sexual and professional power. Elegantly self-possessed, fueled by an intensity and direction, she is poised to rekindle the passions, dreams and spiritual pursuits of youth. She represents the challenge facing midlife women today-how to reap the harvest of one's work and make time for new creative and personal explorations. The Matriarch is but one of thirteen empowering archetypes presented in this book. From Daughter to Blood Sister, Mother to Amazon, Sorceress to Crone, this groundbreaking work reveals the grand pattern of women's lives, rich and complex, beautiful and mysterious.

Carol Leonard had been a midwife for over 30 years when she experienced a little "blip" in her career and wandered off in a completely unexpected direction. This book is a screamingly funny account of one woman's postmenopausal experience of being in Beauty School." Outrageous and whip-smart."