When Roger was a child he read through the World Book Encyclopedia from A to Z. He reads primarily for enlightenment, information, knowledge and wisdom. He likes to read Books on families, relationships, spirituality, wellness, business and technology. He was a 6 time Award-Winning Lighting Designer and worked in Family Advocacy before he became the Chief Operations Officer at Rainy Day Books. Roger jokes when he tells people that when he joined Vivien and Rainy Day Books that "I moved from Lighting to Enlightenment." 05092022
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn is Vivien & Roger's all-time favorite Book. Vivien & Roger read this Book together in the summer of 1994, when they first formed their relationship. It is their favorite Book together and as individuals. This Book is kind of their Personal Operating Manual & Spiritual Compass to guide them to their True North.
We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth (Hardcover)
Jeff W. Goodwin & son Alexander tell their heartfely heroic story in Jeff's New Softcover Alexander's Journey: Dum Spiro Spero, a Book, and a Documentary DVD(including Digital Download). Watch the Alexander's Journey - Dum Spiro Spero - Promo Trailer on Vimeo!
Alexander Goodwin is a young British boy who has a passion for nature, science and conservation. Christmas 2015 at just eight years of age he began struggling with constant leg pain. He was misdiagnosed for six months until finally being told he had a rare form of cancer of the pelvis and right leg. By that time, in constant pain and deteriorating rapidly, Alexander was confined to a wheelchair. Being informed in October 2016 by Doctors in England that he may have just months to live and any surgery would reduce the quality of his time left, his father Jeff W. Goodwin, a Police Officer in the U.K reached out to his brothers in blue across the Atlantic. After just a few weeks the family found themselves in America's mid-west receiving treatment from a collaboration of specialists from hospitals in two states as well as support from strangers that would create profound bonds of friendship.
