Hey y'all, I published a new book over the holiday weekend. Grab your copy now 😄📢📚🖋️🏹.

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Title:
Nocturnal Musings, Volume 2 – Ponderings, Essays, & Meditations

Author: Bev Walton-Porter

ISBN: 9781370954018

Price: 99 cents – e-book version (print version pending)

Short description:

In the second volume of Nocturnal Musings, author Bev Walton-Porter offers up another helping of ponderings and essays examining everything from the mundane to the spiritual aspects of everyday life.

Whether it's finding humor in a freak hair vs. seat belt accident or contemplating one's value and worth in this fast and raw world of ours, Walton-Porter reminds us to find the humor where we can, contemplate and/or meditate when possible, and ride the waves of life's challenges one overwhelming arc at a time.

Categories: Personal Memoirs
Body, Mind & Spirit
Inspiration & Personal Growth

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This week's issue of Nocturnal Musings

The newest issue of Nocturnal Musings is out.

Featured articles include:
* Scientists produce new type of glass
* Why your color perception changes with the seasons
* Lab-grown diamonds -- what you should know
...and more

http://paper.li/NocturnalEditor/1361869052?edition_id=bd17c020-4587-11e5-8f4c-0cc47a0d15fd

NOCTURNAL MUSINGS: COLLECTED PONDERINGS, ESSAYS, AND STORIES now available in my Etsy shop and on Amazon

*Finally! All my books are in listed in my Etsy shop.

Of course, you can grab a copy on Amazon as well.*

NOCTURNAL MUSINGS
COLLECTED PONDERINGS, ESSAYS, AND STORIES.
Author: Bev Walton-Porter

Order from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KITMFT2

Order from my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/190665657/nocturnal-musings-collected-ponderings?ref=shop_home_active_17

Nocturnal Musings is a compilation of ponderings, essays, and stories written by the author over the years. The range of subjects is vast, but are an accurate representation of the kinds of topics many of us may think and wonder about on a daily basis.

Filled with bits of memoir, slices of biography, unapologetic opinion, personal meditations, historical exploration, and short stories, Walton-Porter invites readers to come along on a unique journey.

Sometimes the language is tame, other times the language is harsh. If you are easily offended, be prepared. Walton-Porter delivers an unvarnished look at the oft-terrible things that hide behind the curtains of life, especially death, betrayal, and loss.

Her short stories, "Mattie's Secret" and "Unearthly Seduction," represent two vastly different genres—horror and mainstream fiction.

Table of Contents
Part I: Ponderings & Essays 

His Love of Words Lives On (Dear Dad: I Miss You)

Contemplations on Life and the Living of It

Meditations on the Form and Meaning of Death

Requiem

The Deserving Sort

Revealing Our True Selves

In Praise of Bitches: In Defense of the Anna Wintours of the World)

Shaking My Mirado Black Warrior Pencil in Anger

It’s Past Time To Stop Sports-Sanctioned Racism

Ruminations on the Living and Non-living

An Exploration of Ancient Pagan Attitudes Toward Death, Dying, and Rituals for the Deceased

Tonight, La Muerte Comes

Releasing the Shackles

The Past Does Not Equal the Future

When It Comes To Mental Health, Do What Works For You

The Day I Nearly Drowned

Dreams That Terrify, Haunt, and Warn

Get Over It: Belle Knox is a Porn Star and She Doesn’t Need Your Permission or Approval

Part II: Stories 

Unearthly Seduction

Mattie’s Secret

[Nocturnal Muse's Vlog for 3.11.15] Eclectica & quirky stuff I collect

[Vlog for 2.15.2015]: Oreo cookie taste-off -- Red Velvet vs. Birthday Cake.

Excerpt from my new book, Nocturnal Musings: Collected Ponderings, Essays, and Stories

Here is an excerpt from my new book, "Nocturnal Musings: Collected Ponderings, Essays, and Stories." It's now available on Amazon, Smashwords, and my Etsy store. The introductory price is only .99 cents. Soon it will go up to the regular price of $1.99. Please consider purchasing a copy at my Etsy store or at Amazon. Thanks!

"Any action by man, according to the Tao Te Ching, disrupts the already existent, harmonious ebb-flow of the Universe. Is it possible for man to never exert his will, or to never take action in life and in the Universe? It is not possible. Even being born is an action. How you act and what action you take, however, depends upon the circumstances of the situation and the people involved. What is the prevailing atmosphere? How do you fit in that atmosphere...and what is the 'right' action at the 'right' time? The answer is not static and depends upon each and every situation that presents itself. And every action causes a reaction as well.

Taoism is a philosophical belief system I admire. It is one that proves fascinating and provides more questions than answers in many respects—especially for those of us caught in the dualistic Western mode of thinking. On occasion, something clicks and I understand...but then the more I think I understand, the more I realize it is nebulous and formless; The Way, and the understanding of it, cannot be boxed, labeled, separated out, or explained in words. By doing so, the essence of The Way is lost. And thus is a paradox for us human beings, who use words—both verbal and written—to communicate and understand ideas and concepts."