Reader’s Corner
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Noted: Wild Comfort -- the Solace of Nature, by Kathleen Dean Moore
The newest book by Orion board member Kathleen Dean Moore.
“In its grounded wisdoms, humility, curiosity, and in the kaleidoscope beauty of its descriptions, Wild Comfort reminds how to see, how to sing; how to welcome, with the equal gravity and grace, whatever asks entrance into our lives. It is destined to become a classic.”—Jane Hirshfield
“Wild Comfort is a richly poetic book, tipsy with life, and Moore a wonderful guide to the wilderness and our own wildness. It’s a book brimming with wonder, sorrow, happiness, and the intricate designs of nature that can surprise and sustain us all.”—Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper’s Wife
“With attention to the smallest details of the natural world, this very personal book unites our emotional world with the world that surrounds us.”—Sierra Club’s blog The Green Life
Wild Comfort—the Solace of Nature
Kathleen Dean Moore (Trumpeter, $15.95 paper)
1 Lauren on July 15, 2010
Certainly seems interesting. I’m going to check it out on Amazon to see if I can get more of a feel of the type of book it is. (novel?)
2 Nancy Cook on January 25, 2011
Did you love this book? If so, then consider joining Kathleen Dean Moore in Alaska this summer. The theme for the 14th annual Wrangells Mountain Writing Workshop is Wild Comfort, and this intimate gathering of writers and thinkers promises to explore the solace of nature in living detail: complete with garden salads, fresh salmon and glaciers melting beneath our toes. Visit http://www.wrangells.org for full information. And in the meantime, thank you Kathleen for being a model for living engaged with nature, for living on moral ground!
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