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The Dragonwoven Chronicles · Book One
The Weaver's Wake
Two women in different worlds. Neither willing to disappear quietly.
In a small Ohio town, Cassidy teaches fearful adults to trust the water. Half a world away, master weaver Sida is forced into retirement. Between sleeping and waking, they begin to hear each other.
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Lydia Leister: The Woman Who Came Home After Gettysburg
Before Lydia Leister’s farmhouse became General Meade’s headquarters, it was a family home. Her story reveals the losses—and the rebuilding—that continued after Gettysburg’s fighting ended.
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Storyteller · Educator · Lifelong learner
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Christine Chamberlain writes about people wrestling with questions of power, control, and intrinsic value—and what happens when they begin questioning the story they have been given about themselves.
Teaching has been part of her life for decades, from swimming and lifeguarding to Sunday school and the homeschool table.
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