Annie Dillard
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasonsâ€”a personal narrative highlighting one year's exploration on foot in the author's own neighborhood in Tinker Creek, Virginia. In the summer, Dillard stalks muskrats in the creek and contemplates wave mechanics; in the fall she watches a monarch butterfly migration and dreams of Arctic caribou. She tries to con a coot; she collects pond water and examines it under a microscope. She unties a snake skin, witnesses a flood, and plays 'King of the Meadow' with a field of grasshoppers.
Nonfiction,Environment,Nature,Autobiography,Memoir,Writing,Essays,Classics,Philosophy,Science,Environment,Spirituality,Biography
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek