May 20 2017:
Old Turtle and the Broken Truth
Oh my goodness! Can’t believe we hadn’t read this one before.
Love, Love, Love it!! We all did!
Wonderful fable about peace and the interconnectedness of all beings with beautiful watercolor illustrations.
May 6 2017:
The Hidden Life of Trees – What They Feel, How They Communicate
A wonderful book that came into my life at just the right moment! Using scientific discoveries the author describes how trees are like human families. Specifically, how they communicate, support one another, share nutrients, and warn one another of dangers.
April 29 2017:
Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious
Wonderfully fun book about an amazing woman I’d never heard about. Alice Waters owns Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. She also travels thousands of miles to help grow Edible Schoolyards – a concept she began in her own city.
Edible Schoolyards began in 1995 and there are gardens all over America and in twenty-nine other countries … And still growing.
Alice Waters also led the change in restaurants and how chefs operate. Instead of looking for the best recipes, they now seek the best ingredients; locally grown and flavorful.
Loved, loved, loved learning about Alice Waters and passions!
April 22 2017:
If You Love Honey – Nature’s Connections
I deeply LOVED this book!! Magnificent illustrations and incredible story detailing how ALL of nature cooperates in making honey. It moves from dandelions, earthworms, mushrooms, the old oak tree and blue jays and their part in honey being available for us.
Thomas and Lillian loved it too! Further detailed information in the back of the book was great too. Plus, this book was published in Nevada City, CA! I didn’t even know there was a publishing company located there.
Dawn Publications is dedicated to inspiring in children a deeper understanding and appreciation for all life on Earth. Love, Love, Love …. I will be checking out all the books they’ve published!
April 15 2017:
A Philosophy of Walking
This was one of those books that chose me. I wasn’t at the library, nor a book store, just getting a cup of coffee in the lodge and there it was … front and center in the newly begun resident lending library ..
If I had time and space I’d most likely quote more than half the book! Yet, here’s a wee bit …
“Walking is the best way to go more slowly than any other method that has ever been found. To walk, you need to start with two legs. The rest is optional. If you want to go faster, then don’t walk, do something else: drive, slide or fly. Don’t walk. And when you are walking, there is only one sort of performance that counts: the brilliance of the sky, the splendour of the landscape.
The Native American regarded the Earth itself as a sacred source of energy. ……. The Lakota was a true Naturist – a lover of Nature. He loved the earth and all things of the earth ….
….. walking is movement, the heart beats more strongly, with a more ample beat, the blood circulates faster and more powerfully than when the body is at rest.
Landscapes summon the walker and make him at home: the hills, the colours, the trees all confirm it. The charm of a twisting path among hills, the beauty of vine fields in autumn, like purple and gold scarves, the silvery glitter of olive leaves against a defining summer sky, the immensity of perfectly sliced glaciers … all these things support, transport and nourish us.”
April 7 2017:
Gandhi
Wonderful DEMI book about Gandhi who was someone who completely succeeded in living his life according to the way in which he believed life should be lived – filled with spiritual awareness, love, and peace.
We learned something new in that Gandhi’s favorite books are listed. I’d never seen these listed before.
Loved by all of Team TLC!!
April 1 2017:
Starry Messenger
Beautifully illustrated story of the man who first mapped the heavens, Galileo Galilei. He turned the world upside down for the Church by changing the way people saw the galaxy and themselves in the universe.
Incredible man who even faced with house arrest for the rest of his life, never wavered from what he knew in his heart.
March 25 2017:
Life-Changing Foods
I loved Anthony William’s first book released around December 2015 and love this one too! My heart is drawn to the information he shares and I’m so glad there are recipes in this book! This information is dramatically different from the conventional wisdom of medical communities. I get a resounding “yes” when reading what he shares. Love, Love, Love!!
Saint Patrick
Wonderful story detailing how Saint Patrick followed what was in his heart. He stayed true to this even though it took him away from his family and he dearly missed them.
March 11 2017:
John Muir – America’s Naturalist
This book and how it brought forth the world and words of John Muir made my heart tingle. I would love to own this book! All three of us completely enjoyed this book and soaked it in.
from the flap: Muir recognized that wilderness should not only be appreciated but should be fought for as well. He sparked the preservation movement in the United States.
My favorite quotes:
“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” ~John Muir
“There is a love of wild Nature in everybody, an ancient mother love ever showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.” ~John Muir
“As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but Nature’s sources never fail. Like a generous host, she offers her brimming cup in endless variety, served in a grand hall, the sky its ceiling, the mountains its walls, decorated with glorious paintings and enlivened with bands of music ever playing.” ~John Muir
“Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wildnerness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.” ~John Muir
“When we are with Nature, we are awake, and we discover many interesting things and reach many a mark we are not aiming at.” ~John Muir
“Climb the mountains and get good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into the trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while care will drop off like autumn leaves.” ~John Muir
“Nature, like an enthusiastic gardner, could not resist the temptation to plant flowers everywhere.” ~John Muir
“We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.” ~John Muir
“The winds blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.” ~John Muir
“Everything is hitched to everything else in the universe.” ~John Muir
“Go to Nature’s School – the one true university.” ~John Muir