Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature

Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature

by Kathleen Dean Moore
Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature

Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature

by Kathleen Dean Moore

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Overview

In an effort to make sense of the deaths in quick succession of several loved ones, Kathleen Dean Moore turned to the comfort of the wild, making a series of solitary excursions into ancient forests, wild rivers, remote deserts, and windswept islands to learn what the environment could teach her in her time of pain. This book is the record of her experiences. It’s a stunning collection of carefully observed accounts of her life—tracking otters on the beach, cooking breakfast in the desert, canoeing in a snow squall, wading among migrating salmon in the dark—but it is also a profound meditation on the healing power of nature.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781590307717
Publisher: Shambhala
Publication date: 03/09/2010
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 712,886
Product dimensions: 5.62(w) x 8.58(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

Kathleen Dean Moore lives in Oregon, at the confluence of two rivers, and, during the summer months, she resides in a little cabin at the edge of a southeast Alaskan inlet. As an essayist, activist, and professor, she brings together natural history, philosophical ideas, and creative expression in a search for loving ways to live on the earth. She has published three books of personal essays about living in the lively places where water meets land: Riverwalking, Holdfast, and The Pine Island Paradox. Her essays can be found in many journals, including Audubon, Discover, Orion, and the New York Times Magazine. Moore is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State, where she teaches courses on environmental thought and ethics. She is also the cofounder and director of Oregon State’s Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Gladness

The Solace of Snakes 3

Burning Garbage on an Incoming Tide 11

The Happy Basket 21

Suddenly, There Was with the Angel 31

Solace

My Old Friend, Sorrow 39

Dog Salmon Moon 43

Crossing the River 49

Overnight Fog in the Valley 57

Winter Prayer 61

Never Alone or Weary 67

Winter Geese in a Green Field 71

A Joke My Father Liked to Tell 77

The Recipe for Migas 83

Turning Stones 89

Things with Feathers 97

Morning in Romero Canyon 101

The Patience of Herons 105

The Water and the Wave 111

Stillwater Bay, Columbia River 119

To Mend a Broken Pot 121

Repeat the Sounding Joy 131

The Possum in the Plum Tree 141

The Time for the Singing of Birds 149

If I Hadn't Stopped to Watch the River 155

Courage

Look, the Rain Has Stopped 163

Twenty Things Morning Reveals 169

How Can I Keep from Singing? 173

Let It All Go (Seven Feathers) 181

Acknowledgments 188

Notes 189

Credits 194

About the Author 195

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