Home Bird: Four Seasons on Martha's Vineyard

Home Bird: Four Seasons on Martha's Vineyard
ISBN-10
0982714688
ISBN-13
9780982714683
Category
Nature
Pages
120
Language
English
Published
2012
Author
Laura Wainwright

Description

Home bird: A person who likes to stay at home.For Laura Wainwright that home is Martha's Vineyard. Her essays celebrate the simple but profound pleasures that can be found by listening carefully to the voices of the natural world and the rhythms of each season. Walk with her to find lady's slippers or painted turtles in springtime. Join her in the barn across the road on a cold afternoon. Follow her as she cuts watercress, gathers scallops, casts for striped bass — and then prepares some of her favorite recipes.With nuanced observations of everyday details, Wain- wright shows how connecting to the complexity and beauty of the natural world can ground us and help us uncover deeper meaning in our lives.— Includes Eight Recipes —

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