The Tamarac Press’s newest book, On Schillhammer Road: the life of a botanist, is due out at the end of this month. This book and its author, Hubert W. (Hub) Vogelmann, were such a joy to work with, I’m almost sad to bring out the book and know that I won’t be seeing Hub regularly and working with him on stories about his past, his family, and his abiding love and respect for the natural world. I hope people who pick up his book will enjoy reading it as much as Hub, his friends, his family and I enjoyed creating it.

A couple of new projects are gearing up now, though, to keep me busy and add to the Tamarac Press’s list of great reading.

Mary Jane Dickerson, retired from the University of Vermont where she was professor of English, will release a book  of her poems this winter.

And Marie Flaim Tedford has begun the work of collecting her short stories and poems in the Nanny Goat Hill collection for publication this coming year.

Great reading, and great fun for me as editor to live with these works and bring them to the printed page. Stay tuned for more about these and other titles in the pipeline at The Tamarac Press.

[And for the technophiles in our audience, we'll be launching our Tamarac Press e-book series during the coming winter. More on that soon!]

The 8 Colors of Fitness, by Suzanne Brue, Oakledge Press, 2008.

An exercise book for the rest of us! Suzanne Brue brings her expertise in understanding personality types and preferences to the field of exercise. Take the four-minute quiz to find out YOUR exercise personality and read exercise success stories from scores of real people who have learned how to work with their likes and preferences to craft exercise and activity programs they can stick with for life.

Past President of the Association for Psychological Type International (APTi), and a specialist in application of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator®, Suzanne Brue (MS, researcher and writer) devised The 8 Colors program based on a decade of research into personality type and its relationship to exercise and activity preferences. She worked with Pat Goudey O’Brien as editor and writing collaborator on The 8 Colors of Fitness, published in 2008 by Oakledge Press. To learn more, visit The 8 Colors web site at www.the8colors.com.

Indoor Gardening, by Peter Burke, 2011.

Publication planned for summer, 2011.

Pat Goudey O’Brien, editor.