Cooped Up? Get Uncooped.

Two posts left in this series of blogs and it is never too late to mention the best natural analyst of our time. Annie Dillard is a gem of an author who blends every visual piece of the natural world with introspection and man's being. Painstakingly descriptive, Dillard will analyze the makeup of the soil under your shoe if you happen to be walking in front of her. The life and death of the smallest of species, the movements of a weasel at a pond, or the habits of the skies are enough of a canvas for her to write.

If you are planning a solo or even want time to get away from the group, invest in a book of Dillard's and lose yourself in the pages of notes that beautifully turn into a meaning you may wish you were impenetrable to.

Recommendations: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, For The Time Being.

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