<p><strong>WINNER 2025 Nautilus Book Award - Memoir &amp; Personal Journey Essay Format</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>I've been reading your archives... reading and rereading everything I could find. You are an amazing creature.&nbsp;<em>Bravissimo...</em> </strong>-&nbsp;<strong>Marlena de Blasi </strong>internationally bestselling author of&nbsp;<em>A Thousand Days in Venice&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<em>A Thousand Days in Tuscany</em></p><p></p><p>For nearly five years the <em>Soul Artist Journal</em> a weekly e-column/blog by <strong>healer chef and&nbsp;author L.R. Heartsong</strong> explored the art of living a meaningful connected existence celebrating a life for the senses. Though the posts were diverse the underlying theme was always&nbsp;<strong><em>how do we nourish the soul?</em></strong></p><p></p><p>A LIFE FOR THE SENSES is the second compilation in the SAJ anthology a further gathering of posts selected from the archives and twenty-plus categories spanning the Journal's arc of existence. As with the previous volume (<em>To Kneel and Kiss the Earth</em>) these <strong>heart-full delicious writings-including recipes-invite readers&nbsp;to welcome the ordinary sensory moments in their&nbsp;days as small celebrations of a soul-centered existence</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Fans and subscribers of the <em>Soul Artist Journal</em> as well as new readers discovering Heartsong's award-winning work will delight in this <strong>freshly updated new edition</strong>; a second offering of lyrical prose in praise of nature food soul and intimate relationship with Earth.&nbsp;With a gently luminous heart here is&nbsp;<strong>another timely and welcome nod toward the re-enchantment of everyday life.</strong></p>