Each essay delivers a succinct and well-crafted verbal picture of her rural surroundings and then paves the way for a universal, deeper delving into every man and every womans life. How can we become stronger by weathering a harsh winter? What if we did the same walk every day and really, truly saw the miracle of daily change? Why not cleanse ourselves at the turn of the seasons? Th is is a book that shows a profound sense of place in the style of classic nature writers like Sigurd Olson and Aldo Leopold. It reminds us of the gifts and insights that come from the simple ritual of going outside our own door every day with our powers of observation on full alert.
Ann Linnea: author of Teaching Kids to Love the Earth
Deep Water Passagea Spiritual Journey at Midlife
Keepers of the Treesa Guide to Re-Greening North America
Brenda Peddigrew encounters the natural world mainly from her home in the Algonquin Highlands of Ontario, Canada’s “near north,” which she photographs as often as she writes about. She is an international facilitator, spiritual teacher, retreat guide and sometime adjunct professor(online) in the D.Min. program of St. Stephen’s College at the University of Alberta.