{"product_id":"northwoods-recollections","title":"Northwoods Recollections","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Marilyn Zelke Windau\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Bottlecap Press (2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"In Wisconsin, folks go 'Up North,' not so much as a destination as a way of living free of a too hurry-scurry world. Read Zelke Windau's poems as she reclaims a more intentional, full of gratitude life using all the senses. Soon you, too, will find yourself in her Northwoods, as you hear 'cicadas tune their legs in August,' feel 'the Pembonwon deliciously cold,' see 'winter’s coming breath,' and 'berry-hike for raspberries.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e—Maryann Hurtt, author of \u003cem\u003eRiver\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Tar Creek: Mining for Voices\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eNorthwoods Recollections\u003c\/em\u003e, Marilyn Zelke Windau generously shares poems about a special place, one that has united generations of her family in a heritage of cabin and pine, an 'environment of beauty.' With strong sensory images she introduces us to bears 'chubbing-up' and spring peepers in full chorus. We listen to the Pembonwon River make its 'soft, panting sound,' try to sleep with 'itchy skin ticked and deer flied,' watch birches dance, 'titillating the earth with confetti.' Zelke Windau brings lyrical language and a naturalist's eye to a place I have never visited but now long for. She writes, it is 'enough, with the Milky Way's stars blooming,' and I agree.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e—Peggy Turnbull (Margaret Coombs), author of \u003cem\u003eWhere Sweetness Falls With the Rain\u003c\/em\u003e (Cyberwit, 2024)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eMarilyn Zelke Windau, of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, started writing poems at age thirteen. A former art teacher, she has had five books of poetry published: \u003cem\u003eAdventures in Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e (Finishing Line Press), \u003cem\u003eMomentary Ordinary\u003c\/em\u003e (Pebblebrook Press), \u003cem\u003eOwning Shadows and Hiccups Haunt Wilson Avenue\u003c\/em\u003e (Kelsay Books), and \u003cem\u003eBeneath The Southern Crux\u003c\/em\u003e (Water’s Edge Press). A Pushcart prize nominee and an award-winning author, her work can be found in many journals and anthologies. Marilyn includes her maiden name to honor her father, who was also a writer. When she's not writing, Marilyn works at restoring her 1891 house, travels to Pembine, WI to the family cabin, creates mosaics, paintings, and books made with tea papers. A Master Gardener volunteer and an art center docent, she is married to a retired environmental engineer, has three daughters, and three grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44041635987555,"sku":"0306202613","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/northwoodsfront_540x_b5fe4d15-75c9-4e33-91aa-b6e4bb662792.png?v=1772839684","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/northwoods-recollections","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}