- Title : Solitary Goose
- Author : Sydney Plum
- Rating : 4.84 (499 Vote)
- Publish : 2014-7-8
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 152 Pages
- Asin : 0820329665
- Language : English
This is a careful and insight-filled account of an old and vexing question: how to make sense of the relationship between man and beast. Plum’s fine intelligence is evident everywhere in this beautifully written book, as is her passion and warmth. (Jane Brox author of Clearing Land: Legacies of the American Farm)In this delicately balanced story of one goose, Sydney Plu
This is a careful and insight-filled account of an old and vexing question: how to make sense of the relationship between man and beast. Plum’s fine intelligence is evident everywhere in this beautifully written book, as is her passion and warmth. (Jane Brox author of Clearing Land: Legacies of the American Farm)In this delicately balanced story of one goose, Sydney Plum has crafted a thought-provoking essay exploring the complex relationship between humans and the natural world. While telling the story of caring for a solitary, wounded goose who inhabits a pond near her home, Sydney Plum contemplates not only the resilience and fragility of migratory birds, but also our human place in the worldits separateness from the wild, and all the decisions, inconsistencies, longings, and intentions that separateness entails. It's also quite a lovely book. (Bill McKibben author of Deep Economy:Coming to terms with how SG thinks leads Plum to examine anthropomorphism in nature writing. In the fall of 1996 Sydney Plum encountered a solitary Canada goose on a pond near her home in New England. Though Plum’s focus is generously outward toward nature, this book also reveals an inner journey through which, as she describes it, “the enclosures of my human life had been opened. Caring for the animal became a way for her to reconnect with nature. I had become more susceptible to the kindnesses of birds.”. Mixing memoir with closely observed nature writing, Plum searches for a deeper understanding of what was changed by the experience with the solitary goose she named SG.In the tradition of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Plum writes lyrical lessons on the life cycle of geese, the mystery of their great migratory patterns, and their amazing adaptability. Walks to the pond were daily ritualsreflective times during which Plum thought about the relationships between humans and animals. Canada geese were not always so plentiful in the United States, she explains, nor were they always denigrated as “flying carp.” Plum shows how species-maThere is, of course, the famous movie, and there are so many books about the sinking it is hard to believe that one more original one might come along. Carl knows his stuff after many years of beekeeping. Then, if you're like me you'll eat better, be more suspicious of standard medical answers and and more open to trying herbal approaches that are frequently safer, and sometimes more effective.I am a skeptic by profession as is Dr. Item came thru in fine condition as stated in the offering.. Armchair CIA buffs like me, those interested in the law -- you will find a lot to like here, even if you don't like Rizzo's politics.. They say they are for 1st graders, but my inquisitive preschool grandson will get a lot out of these books. Winston also describes alternate and related treatments for both men and women. "Pain-Free" has these neat "jump-out-at-you" boxes of handy tips, so you can open to any page and immediately see something useful.. It is a good resource to be able to know you are doing problems correctly instead of wasting your time. I bought this for an online nutrition class. This book is no different.The photos of frogs are beautiful. The book is very useful, but the Kindle Edition I bought is problematic, because the equations are small and will notSydney Landon Plum teaches English and creative writing at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.
. She is the editor of Coming through the Swamp
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