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Winter: A Spiritual Biography of the Season

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This is a great collection of works by a diverse range of authors organized by the different aspects of the seasons - renewal, playfulness, isolation. I had first picked this book because it had something from Annie Dillard in it but found a great number of other authors to enjoy in it; actually that has lead to a number of other great book finds - like Indian Creek Chronicles by Pete Fromm which has an excerpt in the book.

Too often the years just fly by - we have a been there, scene that attitude which causes us to just gloss over much of life. This `spiritual biography of the season' invites the reader to slowdown and truly observe what is going on around then. So far this is the only one I have read in the series but certainly plan on similarly enjoying a similar look at the other seasons.

Winter is my favorite season. I moved from Texas to nothern climates just to enjoy winter as I did in my childhood.

Winter (the book) allows me to revel in Winter (the season). I like how the many different writers bring varying aspects to the topic creating a depth most books lack. Many of the features confronted my notion and beliefs of the season, but after time and reflection, I began to not only see winter in a new way, but I experienced it differently also.

If you like to hibernate for weeks at a time while watching the snow fall, this is a great book to steep you in the season.

This is a beautiful book with diverse feelings about winter and its effects on people and the landscape; enjoyable to read. I go back to it and read it again. The true measure of a good book for me.

This is a collection of stories and meditations about or involving wintertime, a season where we shelter indoors by a warm heart from a bleak outer world and, in doing so, reflect within on thoughts of past and future times. It's also the period where we enjoy the fruits of summer's diligent gathering, or starve in shivering misery.

Arranged in sections by theme, this diverse collection evokes many moods of winter for warm hearthside meditations or cool summer escapism. It also serves as a good sampler introducing the work of many wonderful authors for further reading.