Can you guess what all of these gift ideas have in common?!
1. Three Cups of Tea.
American Greg Mortenson sets out to climb Pakistan's mighty K2, but
learns
that it's not how high you climb that brings satisfaction and
accomplishment to one's life, but how high you enable others to climb.
This absolutely fantastic true story read tells the journey of one
man's mission to promote peace in the world...one school at a time.
Available wherever books are sold.
2. December by Jeni Fleming.
One thing I love about a snowy, cold winter is the feeling that occurs
when you begin to warm up from the inside out after a day of skiing,
sledding, or just shoveling the walkway. There's just something magical
that happens when you sit by a fire or drink hot chocolate with
marshmallows on a cold, snowy day. This CD sets that feeling to music
and sets it beautifully. Available through the link posted or check
your local Boarders, Barnes & Noble, or music store.
3. New West Cuisine by Chase Reynolds Ewald and Amy Jo Sheppard with photography by Audrey Hall.
Who cares if you are not really a cook? Just have this masterpiece of
art -- in both food and photography -- sitting on your coffee table and
people will be impressed. A truly stunning book in both visual image
and content. Thank God someone is telling the world we in the wild west
eat more than pork and beans. We just happen to like our delicacies in
a rustic, but spectacular setting. Available at Amazon, Barnes &
Noble, Boarders, and various book sellers.
4. Vital Ground collector or specialty car license plates by Monte Dolack
Visually captivating, these license plates stand out from all the other
specialty plates. And the good thing is that you don't have to have a
car registered in Montana to purchase them! Benefiting the important
and productive nonprofit organization, Vital Ground,
proceeds from the sale of each license plate will work to reconnect
fragmented landscapes in the U.S. and Canada critical to wildlife
movement and biodiversity. Hey, if you can't afford a hybrid, perhaps
you can at least afford one or more Vital Ground specialty plates to
offset some of the environmental damage your car, your family's cars,
and/or your friend's cars create! Specialty plates for cars registered
in Montana are available through all local Montana treasurer's offices.
Collector plates are available through Vital Ground (click on the link
posted).
5. The Abundance of Summer by Tom Murphy.
The final stamp on all four seasons in Yellowstone National Park, this
spectacular book documents famed nature photographer, Tom Murphy's
reflection on the beauty which is Yellowstone in summer. Each of Tom’s
seasonal books takes the reader on a journey through America’s oldest
national park and each captures the intimacies of life in Yellowstone
that comes only from the knowledge and experience gained through 30
plus years of traveling by foot or ski through the park. Tom’s love for
all that is Yellowstone passionately reaches out to each reader through
image and word. One need not have experienced Yellowstone personally to
fall in love with its unique beauty; one only needs to see it through
the lens of Tom’s camera. Available through the link posted.
6. Christmas in Yellowstone directed by Shane Moore and narrated by Linda Hunt. Perhaps as a companion piece with The Abundance of Summer
or as a stand alone gift, this DVD is one of the most stunning films of
winter life in Yellowstone National Park I've ever seen. Beautifully
narrated by Academy Award winning actress Linda Hunt, director Shane
Moore delivers what feels to be our own personal journey through
Yellowstone. Could there ever be a place more romantic at Christmas?
The magic of this film is that while the temperature in the park is
clearly frigidly cold, the imagery is anything but. Life continues
through the frozen land and it's as if the wildlife, geysers, terraces,
and hot pots have opened the front door of their home and welcomed us
in. Available at Amazon and various online shopping sites where DVDs
and books are sold.
In yet another recording released by Lindsay's dad Michael, her assistant Jenni Muro says, "I am trying to save your daughter's life every day." Wait, Lindsay Lohan has an assistant?
