"Running With Knives"
About the book and Table of contents
Live your life without fear.
These stories capture the essense of a varied and seasoned life. From an author who stretched her abilities to constantly seek new experiences; herein, will be a scene to make your day.
Heather Hawk escaped from an economically advantaged upbringing in Queens, New York for a life of work and adventure.
The realities of moving from the East Coast to the West Coast and to the torrid South are intimately revealed. She tried to follow a linear path from carefully researched plans; however, inconvenient events and many variables in life altered those plans. She used her intuition and positive attitude to seek solutions, alter course, and save herself from a life of mundane rules.
When Heather jumped ship, she landed on her feet and had one day to decide between going forward into unknown territory or returning to a familiar environment.
Perhaps these stories will provide alternatives and open minded solutions to indeterminable situations.
Chapter Headings:
1 Let's Dine First: Why Cook? For a Date, Eat it Raw.
Are there good reasons to starve on a luxury cruise, or to not eat on a first date?
2 Work Off Those Calories: Hula Whoo-Hoo! - Modesty Takes a Ride
3 The Working Life: She attempted to set her own path by calculated progressions or sometimes sheer luck happened.
4 An Unexpected Detour: A Deja Vu happening changes her essence.
5 Dashed Ocean Dreams: A long-time dream of participating in a Transpac sailing race is thwarted on the day of sailing by a crew member who had invited her to participate. Heather is stranded in an unfamiliar town and tries to salvage her dream.
6 Adventures in Travel: Hurricane Iniki
7 The Working Life reinvented: The Spy Who Wasn't - Her skill-sets land her in two unusual government jobs. Work was definitely her play.
8 Housing Searches: Heather reveals unique decorating schemes and the exuded atmospheres of the occupants' personalities.
9 City Girl Moves to the Desert: First Let's Glamp - Mesmerized - Route 66
Dealing with old age she takes a leap out of Washington to the desert, site unseen.The caveats of desert living that may not be written about in travel guides are now told. She reveals her dreams and then the reality of them. At first observing of what she perceived as oddities of the culture in Arizona, she adapts and these characteristics eventually become her.
10 The Silver Years: Age of Electronics - On Cleaning House - Vintage and in Vogue