Skating Across Thin Ice: Surviving The Times With Relationships Intact

By Cristina Salat

Can peace be made with one's ancestors, even after they are dead?

 

Once upon a time my mother's fondest desire was to have a book published. Not just any book, mind you, but a beautiful volume full of wonder and sparkling imagery glittering forth with a message of hope for the world.

 

We had similar goals, my mother and I, but came from very different generations and quite different personal experiences ... what with her being a pale, blonde immigrant of European descent, and I: a brown-skinned, native-born, POC American.

 

We actually did not have much in common in how we chose to live out our lives, after I too became an independent adult.

 

Nor did we necessarily agree on what should be perceived as 'inspirationally hopeful' regarding humanity's plight!

 

Over time, this led to escalating strife.

 

Yet here we are in 2023, with something we were able to collaborate on together – a project entitled Skating Across Thin Ice: Surviving The Times With Relationships Intact that my mother began quite awhile ago, and I recently completed – even though one of us is alive, while the other has long since passed on to greener pastures.

 

How surprising this might seem, in an era where globally so many contemporary families and friends have become estranged from one another...

 

But oh what an interesting weaving of ideas and personal-ancestral-Universal healing can be brought about by just such a melding of past and present minds, regarding The Future.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Green Flame Omnimedia
• Release date: Jul 24, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223166696

Cristina Salat

As a woman of the wind, I have enjoyed years navigating the urban jungles and deep blue seas I call home.Website: https://cristinasalat.wixsite.com/website Eclectic e-store: https://livefromthevolcano.ecrater.com/

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SKATING ACROSS THIN ICE:

Surviving The Times

With Relationships Intact

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Cristina Salat

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A Green Flame Omnimedia Exploration:

We exist during a time that every choice matters

This is a memoir based upon actual personal and global events. Some details may have been changed at the author's discretion.

Salat, Cristina — Expanded Second Green Flame Omnimedia edition

Skating Across Thin Ice:

Surviving The Times With Relationships Intact/Cristina Salat

Summary: My mother's fondest desire was to have a book published while she was alive. Not just any book, but a beautiful volume, full of wonder and sparkling imagery that glittered a message of hope for the world. We had similar goals, my mother and I, but came from different generations and quite different personal experiences, since she was a white  woman of European descent, and I a multi-racial, POC brown-skinned American. We did not have all that much in common in terms of how we chose to live our lives, once I too became an independent adult. Nor did we necessarily agree about what we perceived as  inspirationally hopeful regarding humanity's survival. This, however, is a project we were able to collaborate on together, after one of us remained alive, while the other had moved on to greener pastures.

This expanded second edition is available in color hardcover, paperback, + e-editions, along with coming in the form of a b/w paperback as well. An earlier version appeared previously under the title The Power of Ice: My Mother's Legacy.

1. Mothers and Daughters  2. Parent and Adult Child Relationships

3. Human Connection  4. Politics and Government  5. Greenland

5. Government Transparency  7. Human Communication

8. Economics  9. Unexplained Mysteries  10. Ethical Ecology

11. Emotional Set Points  12. Author Memoirs

13. Biology and Life Sciences

© 2018, 2023 Cristina Salat

All Rights Reserved.

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BOOKS BY CRISTINA SALAT

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Gathering The Dreamcatchers

Companion Novels/Novellas:

LIVING IN SECRET 25th Anniversary Edition

THE SKIN OF WATER:

Defending The Dreamcatchers

ESOTERICA

PARADISE FOUND

ACTION: The Future Is Here

LIVING IN LIGHT

(forthcoming) PIPSQUEAK: What Would The Waltons Do?

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The World Is Beautiful

International Illustrated

Non-Fiction Series:

THE WORLD IS BEAUTIFUL:

Illustrated Inspiration

(available in English & French, for example)

BODY BEAUTIFUL: Photo Essay Ruminations

on the Art of Being Nakedly Human

NEW WORLD NUDES: Pictorial Ruminations

on the New Earth Underway

BRAND NEW EARTH NUDE:

Envisioning the Birth

of a Naked New World

Literary & Screen Novels:

ROBIN, ROMEO, & JULIETTE THE NOVEL:

Not Your Typical Love Story

ALIAS DIAMOND JONES

ELEVEN-ELEVEN/Huck Finn:

Girl Pirates Extraordinaire

SWIMMING LESSONS

W.A.R.P.

(forthcoming) LIKE A MOTHER

IRRESISTIBLY YOURS

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Illustrated Picture Books

for Young People:

STEP-WHALES

PEANUT'S EMERGENCY Deluxe Edition

WITZEL'S WISH

FROGDEMONA: PRECIOUS PEST

THE BLUE HOUSE

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Creative Non-Fiction/Memoirs/

Collections & Compilations:

HOME IS WHERE YOU'RE HAPPY

UNDINE INTELLIGENCE:

A Truer Tale of Ancient Elemental Water Beings

AKA Mermaid Love Spells

HOME TOO: Secret Springs

HOME IN THE THIRD DIMENSION

DOING INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY:

Expanded 2023 Edition

HAWAII TRIPTYCH

TOGETHER ALONE: When The Going Gets Tough,

Aliveness Keeps Growing

SKATING ACROSSS THIN ICE:

Surviving The Times With Relationships Intact

SLICE OF LIFE

MUSICAL MUSINGS OF A MAGNIFICENT EX-MALCONTENT:

aka Lessons Learned from Andy Gibb & John Denver

2017: A Collection of Stories & Life Snippets

THE BIG PICTURE

BELOVED EX-FRIENDS & EX-LOVERS:

Sticking Together Through Thick & Thin -vs- Letting Go

ORDINARY/EXTRAORDINARY: A Compilation Combo

LIVING IN HAWAII: A Five Act Adventure (so far!)

2022 Update

CREATIVE LIVING:

From Starving Artist to Self-Employed Bliss

MAZE MAGIC

FEEDING FRENZY:

HOW TO BE FREE

(When the World Seems Anything But): 2023 Update

Plus numerous Green Flame Omnimedia Slims

(Life's defining moments in slender packages)

* After Titanic

* America The Beautiful

* Summer Friends

* Together With Stars

* Black Holes

* When To Say When

* Time of The Bear

* The B.I.G.

* Rabonchone

* This Ship Called Earth

* Say Goodbye To Dana

* Hungry Wolf & The Three Capable Femmes

* Stentor

* User Friendly

* Going Home

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SKATING ACROSS THIN ICE

with a tip o' the hat

to Rotifer

(denizen of the Arctic)

...and each of us presently navigating

the complex Life & lies awash on Planet Earth

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2023 Preface

Skating Across Thin Ice

Conclusion (really just another Beginning?)

Excerpt from BRAND NEW EARTH NUDE:

Envisioning The Birth of a

Naked New World

Dear Reader

About The Author

PREFACE

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Isn't there an old proverb (curse?) that goes  something like this: May you live in interesting times?