What is Cougar WebWorks?
Cougar WebWorks began as a personal website in 1996, evolving steadily
as an online Alternative
Culture Magazine. The site has always represented a compendium
of non-mainstream topics, celebrating the values of Nature, Culture, and
Spirit, and arranged according to the seven chakras.
These "nodes and episodes of life on and off the grid" have varied
over time, falling roughly into the following catergories:
1. Nature, Survival, Wilderness
2. Alternative Health, Lifestyle, Travel
3. Alternative Politics and News
4. Networking, Community, Blog
5. Music, Flute and Drum Jamming
6. Alternative Literature
& Reviews
7. Alternative Spirituality
Also in 1996, Cougar WebWorks served as the self-publishing logo for Roots Jam: Collected Rhythms for Hand Drum and Percussion. That book,
available also as an e-book, was joined in 2002 with a companion volume,
Roots Jam 2: West African
and Afro-Latin Drum Rhythms, and practice CD. Together the
two books represented a new standard in rhythm notation for hand drums and
percussion. In 2006 the new site DjembeRhythms.com
was established to provide access to these and related resources for West
African-style drumming and dancing. New in 2007 came Roots
Jam 3: Arrangements for West African Drum and Dance, featuring traditional
rhythms as well as original compositions and digital sound recordings. For
the latest experiments in group musical inspiration, check out the Strange
Moon website; and the new website, Flutes Jam, where you can learn scales to improvise on flute or pennywhistle.
HyperLife Editing Services and Hypertext Literature
The vision that HyperLife aims to manifest is of an endlessly linked web
of life stories and essays - A Life in Hypertext - in various forms of hypertext
fiction and creative non-fiction. HyperLife includes a section of improvisational
Prefaces and Introductions without End;
a novel of the Baby Boom generation called Life;
and a selection of short stories.
Since 2000 HyperLife has served as the home of HyperLife
Editing Services. Professional quality, affordable rates and
fast turnaround are offered for proofreading, basic copy editing, and advanced
editing and rewriting. The editors, Nowick
Gray and Carol Ross, handle virtually
any kind of written work needing correction and revision. Also offered are
website design services.
Cougar WebWorks - Literature and Publications
