About the Author

Kathleen Dean Moore is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University and co-founder and senior fellow of OSU's Spring Creek Project of Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word. She is the coeditor of the award-winning Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril and the author of Wild Comfort, Riverwalking--winner of a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award--and The Pine Island Paradox--winner of the Oregon Book Award.

Reviews

"A gifted essayist...Moore's prose is elegant and poetic." --Hungry Mind Review

"Graceful meditations on nature...an altogether satisfying collection by a gifted interpreter of the natural world." --Kirkus Reviews

"Reminiscent of the work of Annie Dillard and others who have combined their observations of the natural world with philosophical reflections..." --Publishers Weekly