Iris Miller

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I'm not </div> <div> religious, but we wouldn't crash </div> <div> with <I>them </I>aboard, would we? </div> <bR> <div> I focus on bringing daisies </div> <div> into being, stars of the earth strewn </div> <div> across the sky by my own hand.</div> <bR> <div> My friend, playing solitaire </div> <div> with tiny magnetic cards, is bored </div> <div> with my petals. She'd like </div> <div> me to make a center for a change. </div> <bR> <div> I switch to yellow yarn, </div> <div> feel calmer. The petals flying      </div> <div> off in every direction</div> <div> will finally have something </div> <div> to hold onto.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Iris Miller has explored imagery as visual artist, art teacher to city children, art therapist, and shamanic practitioner, as well as through poetry. She believes in the power of the image to teach and to heal. As Patricia Ann Lothrop, she was raised in Reading, Massachusetts and earned degrees from Middlebury College and Cornell University. She has lived in Rochester, New York for many years, and spends summers on Monhegan Island in Maine.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Angels Flying Backwards</div> <div> <B>is a 28 page hand-stitched chapbook - $10.00. </B></div> <div> Release date 10/11/11</div> <bR> <div> TO ORDER:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U>To order through mail click here.</U></A>     </div> <bR> <div> ON-LINE          <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U> </U></A>                              </div> <bR> <div> From the US      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Angels Flying Backwards"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-19"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Canada      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Angels Flying Backwards"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-19"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="2.75"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Other Countries           <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Angels Flying Backwards"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-19"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="5.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>