Escapist fantasies usually involve the open road; but Bernd Heinrich's dream was to focus on the riches of one small place—a few green acres along Alder Brook just east of the Presidential Mountains. The year begins as he settles into a cabin with no running water and no electricity; built of hand-cut logs he dragged out of the woods with a team of oxen. There; alone except for his pet raven; Jack; he rediscovers the meaning of peace and quiet and harmony with nature—of days spent not filling out forms; but tracking deer; or listening to the sound of a moth's wings.Throughout this year when “the subtle matters and the spectacular distracts;†Heinrich brings us back to the drama in small things; when life is lived consciously. His story is that of a man rediscovering what it means to be alive.
#4022818 in Books 2007-03-15Original language:English 6.40 x .90 x 9.40l; #File Name: 0199957940290 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Nostalgic MemoirBy CustomerThis is the memoir of a woman whose grandparents left the (celibate) Harmony Society to marry. The book is an older publication. I enjoyed the photos and the details the author remembers--for example; of feast day menus. The tone is noncritical; but it does add to my understanding of the Harmony Society.
