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Linda Ross Swanson has recorded letters from former homeless
addicts and some of their advocates in Wisdom Under the Bridge: The
Prophets from Skid Row (ISBN 1463530595). She believes the stories
in these letters will appeal to individuals from all backgrounds
because we all have our own story, whether we are rich, poor,
homeless or homeowners. Swanson includes the details of her own
spiritual journey. She is a 25-year recovering alcoholic herself.
Two of her brothers were also alcoholics who lived on and off the
streets for years. The men and women featured in her book describe
what life was like before finding the road to recovery. They recall
the frightening experiences and the grungy living conditions.
Despite the hardships they faced, they found the strength and
motivation to turn their lives around. Their letters tell how
advocates for the homeless worked hard to arrange employment and
housing for them. Eventually, all of them became contributing
members in a society, which once looked down upon them. Swanson
adapts the Jewish tradition of the ethical will to reflect her
concept of a Wisdom Will(R). (See link below). Each person's letter
is meant to pass along life lessons and wisdom to future
generations, as well as to ease loved ones' grief when they die.
The individuals in Swanson's book share wisdom with readers, many
of whom they will never meet. According to Swanson, After finding
sobriety, meaning and purpose, these individuals are helping others
get their lives back. They offer profound insight and advice by
example. Sometimes, what a person needs to stay alive is a good
story. With over 3 million people living on the streets in the
United States, perhaps the solution to homelessness awaits among
the very individuals who survived this condition. Linda Ross
Swanson wants readers of Wisdom under the Bridge to applaud the
persons featured in this book. Their courage in overcoming
adversity, as well as their vulnerability, has prepared them to
share their experiences for the benefit of others. Swanson believes
everyone has a sacred duty to protect their wisdom from going to
the grave. Passing along life stories with loved ones and the
community through The Wisdom Will(r) or legacy letter is one simple
method for achieving this. As Swanson maintains, each person is a
story waiting to be told. Wisdom Under the Bridge: The Prophets
from Skid Row is available for sale online at:
www.createspace.com/3611937/ Amazon.com and other channels. For
Wisdom Will workshops, booksignings, or talks please contact Linda
through her websites: www.wisdomunderthebridge.com/
www.wisdomwill.ne
Viva, at 19, has rarely been allowed outside the gates of the
Venetian orphanage where she has been raised. Yet she has been
trained in music by the great Antonio Vivaldi himself and her
beautiful voice lures the rich and famous from around the world to
come hear the girls' choir and orchestra of the Ospedale de Maria
della Pieta. Viva longs to be free, to sail through the world like
the merchant ships in the bay. More secretly, she longs to compose
great music. But girls aren't allowed to compose for the coro. Then
one day, Jean Jacques Rousseau comes to hear the choir girls sing.
And Viva's life and music are changed forever. Winner of the 2006
Tassy Walden Award for best young adult novel.
The essays in this volume are all concerned with the arguments
about law as a system of rule-based decision-making,particularly
the ideas advanced by legal philosopher Frederick Schauer.
Schauer's work has not only helped revive interest in legal
formalism but has also helped relocate arguments about the
relationship between posited rules and morality. The contributors
to this volume, themselves distinguished theorists, have
concentrated on three aspects of Schauer's work: the nature of
jurisprudential description; his theory of presumptive positivism;
and the application of his theory of rule-based decision-making to
other areas of legal and moral thought. Contributors: Larry
Alexander, Brian Bix, Philip Bobbitt, Marianne Constable, Michael
C. Dorf, Jeremy Elkins, Claire Oakes Finkelstein, Leo Katz, Jason
Johnston, Dennis Patterson.
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