Amazing Grace

861 Pages·1996·1.61 MB·English

by  Jadczyk Laura Knight

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Amazing Grace
By
Laura Knight Jadczyk
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Acknowledgments
Thanks to Al Miner for permission to quote Lama
Sing. Thanks are also due to Barbara Hort, Ph.D. for
writing Unholy Hungers, to Elan Golomb, Ph.D. for
writing Trapped in the Mirror, and Clarissa Pinkola
Estes for Women Who Run With the Wolves.
Thanks to Kristine Rosemary for “ironing” the text.
Any reader who finds the book readable and enjoyable
ought to thank Kristine also.
Thanks to Donna for hauling Kristine and me out of
the pit of grammatical and copy errors.
Thanks to Jonathan Metcalfe for the beautiful artwork
on the cover.
Thanks to my son, Jason, for the graphic design of
the cover.
Thanks to my girls, Amelia and Arielle, for running
the house while Mommy was writing.
Thanks to the Cassiopaeans for teaching me how to
create a New Universe.
And most of all, thanks to my Ark for being my ark.
Dedication
For my husband Arkadiusz, who gave me
the strength to BE.
For my children: Aletheia, Arianna,
Jason, Amelia and Arielle who gave me
the will to Be, and for whom I made the
choice to BE. If I can do it, so can they.
For my beloved grandparents who pro-
tected me, and most especially my grand-
mother. She loved me as I was; and
because of her, I had faith that I could
BE.
The Lost Love
She dwelt among untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove;
A maid whom there were none to praise,
And very few to love.
A violet by a mossy stone
Half-hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be:
But she is in her grave, and O!
The difference to me!
—William Wordsworth
CONTENTS
Introduction ..................................................... 11
Chapter 1 : The Face at The Window .............. 17
Chapter 2 : The Lost Boys and Girls................ 21
Chapter 3 : Another Window Opens on Strange
Connections.................................. 51
Chapter 4 : Dead Babies and Iron Skillets........ 65
Chapter 5 : Jane Eyre Reprised ....................... 77
Chapter 6 : Violets and Bulls in the Graveyard.. 91
Chapter 7 : Trapezes and Dog Days ................ 99
Chapter 8 : The Farm.................................... 105
Chapter 9 : The Stand Off............................. 113
Chapter 10 : Being Fifteen is an Awkward State129
Chapter 11 : Graveyards, Psychics, and Meetings on
the Bridge................................... 143
Chapter 12 : Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.............. 161
Chapter 13 : Oysters on the Half Shell............. 177
Chapter 14 : Pearls in the Oyster..................... 197
Chapter 15 : Blitzkrieg..................................... 223
Chapter 16 : Dances with Sunlight ................... 241
Chapter 17 : Mirror, mirror, On the Wall..........261
Chapter 18 : The Wolf and the Dove ............... 275
Chapter 19 : The World’s Most Beautiful Baby 291
Chapter 20 : Minks and Turkey Basters........... 311
Chapter 21 : Parties, Mosquitoes, Hives, and
Hypnosis..................................... 323
Chapter 22 : The Devil in the Details................341
Chapter 23 : In The Forest ..............................345
Chapter 24 : The Poisoned Apple....................363
Chapter 25 : The Boat Ride to Damascus ........385
Chapter 26 : Another Face at the Window ..... 413
Chapter 27 : The Noah Syndrome or The Lost
Love........................................... 427
Chapter 28 : The Ark in Montana....................463
Chapter 29 : The Dream..................................497
Chapter 30 : A Knight in Armor ......................523
Chapter 31 : The Cleft in the Rock ..................543
Chapter 32 : Moving to Montana..................... 559
Chapter 33 : Synchronicity City....................... 581
Chapter 34 : That’s Hollywood! ...................... 595
Chapter 35 : The Crane Dance........................ 611
Chapter 36 : Hailing the Universe..................... 623
Chapter 37 : Missing Child, Missing Time ........ 653
Chapter 38 : Flying Black Boomerangs............ 669
Chapter 39 : Flying Black Boomerangs
Reprised..................................... 683
Chapter 40 : Aliens, Demons and Vampires ..... 711
Chapter 41 : Aunt Clara.................................. 727
Chapter 42 : Green Slime................................ 749
Chapter 43 : Hungry Aliens, Stinky Demons, and the
Return of Keith ........................... 771
Chapter 44 : Comets and Cassiopaeans........... 801
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