6/20/2023 0 Comments Sundial goodreads![]() ![]() Now is the time when the countryman has the country to himself. Believe me I am not one of the language police, and these writings come from the 1940'-1960's, but. Some of his observations are made repeatedly: for instance he seems to hear haunted, plaintive barks from unseen foxes frequently. What he has made is in effect a day book meant to remind us that in every day there are occasions for taking a longer view of our condition and our history. It is from that life, and observations on the natural world, that his essays are drawn. Through this time in his life, Borland owned a country farm far removed from the likes of our factory farms today. ![]() In this volume, Borland reprises one of his mediations for each season, month and day of the year (though the vignettes themselves appeared throughout his career at the Times). For many years these pieces were written by Hal Borland. ![]() Each day, these essays brought balance to the paper's views on the fraught issues of the day by taking the reader away to a more fundamental perspective on the life we pass through. For many years, The New York Times editorial page ran brief mediations on our passages through the natural world to which we are rooted. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |