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LOOK UP! Musings on the Nature of Mindfulness is an antidote to the frenetic pace of this world. It is a clarion call to get up and get out -- to look up from our work, our distractions, our routines -- and find our way back to the simple pleasure of being in Nature. This is a journal of one woman's reconnection with Nature, told through heartfelt essays and poems by writer/artist Jennifer Payne, and illustrated by 100 stunning, full-color photographs of the woods and shoreline of Connecticut. Woven in between, you'll meet kindred spirits like Emily Dickinson, Henry David Thoreau, the Dalai Lama and Jon Kabat-Zinn, each expressing their own thoughts on the vast and wonderful lessons to be learned from the natural world. For more about the book and to purchase a signed copy, visit www.3chairspublishing.com.

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"""Dozens of lovely photographs enhance the book tremendously. Poems, quotes, essays all do a great job. A nature lover's delight. This book should resonate with those of the outdoor persuasion and interest."" - Independent Book Publishers Association, Benjamin Franklin Awards ""An intelligent, sensitive quest into the soul of one woman mirrors the searching hearts of us all. LOOK UP! is a beautiful book of solitude and inquiry into painful longings, but also into the glory of our lives."" -- Dale Carlson, ALA Notable Book Author As eloquent as it is enlivening, LOOK UP! evokes more than an understanding of the vast and wonderful lessons to be gleaned in the natural world. Filled with grounded yet soaring flights of reflection and yearning for balance in a frenetic world, it is a walk in the woods of life--a tonic for both mind and soul."" -- Mary O'Connor, award-winning poet and author of Life Is Full of Sweet Spots"

Dozens of lovely photographs enhance the book tremendously. Poems, quotes, essays all do a great job. A nature lover's delight. This book should resonate with those of the outdoor persuasion and interest. - Independent Book Publishers Association, Benjamin Franklin Awards An intelligent, sensitive quest into the soul of one woman mirrors the searching hearts of us all. LOOK UP! is a beautiful book of solitude and inquiry into painful longings, but also into the glory of our lives. -- Dale Carlson, ALA Notable Book AuthorAs eloquent as it is enlivening, LOOK UP! evokes more than an understanding of the vast and wonderful lessons to be gleaned in the natural world. Filled with grounded yet soaring flights of reflection and yearning for balance in a frenetic world, it is a walk in the woods of life--a tonic for both mind and soul. -- Mary O'Connor, award-winning poet and author of Life Is Full of Sweet Spots

Dozens of lovely photographs enhance the book tremendously. Poems, quotes, essays all do a great job. A nature lover's delight. This book should resonate with those of the outdoor persuasion and interest. - Independent Book Publishers Association, Benjamin Franklin Awards An intelligent, sensitive quest into the soul of one woman mirrors the searching hearts of us all. LOOK UP! is a beautiful book of solitude and inquiry into painful longings, but also into the glory of our lives. -- Dale Carlson, ALA Notable Book Author As eloquent as it is enlivening, LOOK UP! evokes more than an understanding of the vast and wonderful lessons to be gleaned in the natural world. Filled with grounded yet soaring flights of reflection and yearning for balance in a frenetic world, it is a walk in the woods of life--a tonic for both mind and soul. -- Mary O'Connor, award-winning poet and author of Life Is Full of Sweet Spots

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A published poet and writer, and photographer, Jen Payne is the author of several books including LOOK UP! Musings on the Nature of Mindfulness, Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind, Waiting Out the Storm, Water Under the Bridge: A Sort-of Love Story, and Sleeping with Ghosts. She is the creator/editor of MANIFEST (zine), and writes regularly on her blog: www.randomactsofwriting.net. Her work has been featured in numerous publications including the international anthology Coffee Poems: Reflections on Life with Coffee; the Guilford Poets Guild 20th Anniversary Anthology; Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis, the 2024 Connecticut Literary Anthology; and The Perch, a publication by the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health. Jen is the owner is Words by Jen, a graphic design and creative services company founded in 1993, based in Branford, Connecticut. She is a member of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Guilford Art Center, and the New England Poetry Club.

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