Wild Spectacle: Seeking Wonders in a World Beyond Humans Ray Janisse
Wild Spectacle: Seeking Wonders in a World Beyond Humans Ray Janisse Looking for adventure and continuing a process of self-discovery, Janisse Ray has repeatedly set out to immerse herself in…
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Wild Spectacle: Seeking Wonders in a World Beyond Humans Ray Janisse
Looking for adventure and continuing a process of self-discovery, Janisse Ray has repeatedly set out to immerse herself in wildness, to be wild, and to learn what wildness can teach us. In Ray's worst moments she crosses boundaries to encounter danger and embrace sadness.Anchored firmly in two places Ray has called home--Montana and southern Georgia--the sixteen essays here span a landscape from Alaska to Central America, connecting common elements in the ecosystems of people and place. From overwintering with monarch butterflies in Mexico to counting birds in Belize, the stories in Wild Spectacle capture her luckiest moments--ones of heart-pounding amazement, discovery of romance, and moving toward living more wisely.
One of her abiding griefs is that she has missed the sights of explorers like Bartram, Sacagawea, and Carver: flocks of passenger pigeons, routes of