Chas is back in the Custom Poems business. Check out our three samples, then decide who you want to order one for -- yourself? Your best friend? Your mom? Live poetically!

Chas is always about options, and her 144-page book, The Turnip Mercedes and Other Tasty Tales, gives you 41 stories — 41 optional ways to look at everyday moments. A few happened in real life, most only in her fertile writer’s mind.

One early reader described The Turnip Mercedes and Other Tasty Tales as:
“A sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical, sometimes attitudinal smorgasbord from someone who has experienced many dishes from the Menu of Life.” [Carol Ann Cleckler]

ISBN 1-890894-33-8 (print) $15.99
ISBN 1-890894-34-6 (e-book) $10.99

Does networking seem anything except simple as A-B-C for you? Yet something you know you could benefit from? Take it from a master of the art — networking online (internetworking) requires a bit of time and energy, but even more it requires organization and a joy in living.
     This small, potent book organizes the process into those old standards of Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. Follow those simple steps to Limitless Internetworking — One Person at a Time.
     Focusing on people rather than on which programs to use, following some of Chas’ advice from this book can add depth and pleasure to your business and personal interactions.

Pioneer Lessons: 87 Things
I Almost Wish We’d Known

Limitless
Internetworking
 ISBN 1-890894-30-3
(e-book) $9.99

Note: Until we put the PayPal links back in place after removing them due to confusion by customers of a different site, the only way to order any of our books, etc. is to e-mail Chas. Thanks!

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to move from the city to the country, to live so close to nature that rain came in through the roof and wind howled through the walls, or if you merely wondered what might possess someone else to do that, this is the book for you.
     These light-hearted lessons from seven and a half years of very rural desert life may seem far from your life as a city dweller. They’re far, even, from many country living experiences. Still, they’re bound to bring smiles to all readers who can appreciate the courage and energy required by this adventure. (more ...)

Stories of the interactions between a 12-year-old boy and the faces in his grandmother’s guest room. Laugh with him as he learns of life and love in this unlikely setting.
     Join our young hero as he gets to know Snake Man, Purple Lady, Stone Fish, Dancing Bear, Faceless Lady and others. Read to or with small children, and 8- to 12-year-olds can read it on their own, as can grown children.
     Full-color photographs. (more ...)

Sizzling Spells:
how to make any man want to talk to you

This book designed to fit inside a greeting card shows you how to become your most receptive self, to attract into your life the kind of people you want in it. Chas applies her years of experience listening to people's stories and shows you how to focus your energies to "make" people want to talk to you. (more ...)

Black Hole:
unexpected tool for joyous living

A tale of one mother's experience learning to incorporate grief into her new life after the death of an adored teenage son. This is a powerful tale and the Black Hole concept, the subject of her seminars, is a truly powerful tool for all of our lives. (more ...)

A unique question-and-answer workbook for families. Chas asked herself and her children a series of questions, about politics and passions, friendships and feelings, and recorded their answers. You are invited to ask the same questions of yourself and those you love, to share in the grand adventure of learning about yourself by thinking about things that may never have occurred to you. (more ...)

Lessons to Share:
workbook for a
healthy family

On Shifting Sands
and other poems
of transition

A collection of Chas Ridley's poems gathered over years of poetry and years of life. Focusing on times and feelings of transition, this collection encapsulates the full gamut of emotions we all feel. The book is sure to please any fans of finely written poetry, especially if they like to smile while reading. (more ...)