A Country Journal Author:Michael Harwood, Mary B. Durant A bright, pleasant journal of life in Connecticut -- fringe rural country where the wind still bloweth where it will, although the plastic culture evidences itself via roads strewn with beer cans and boxes of bones from Colonel Sanders. The authors are enthusiastic birders of the right sort -- unsentimental, explorative, accurate and with a sens... more »e of humor. There's a great deal in this record of the seasons, about birds and also plants, wild and cultivated; and one section gives a useful accounting of triumphs and failures in the home garden -- with a list of shady-side survivors. There are animal encounters -- the taming of cat Natty Bumpo, a nerve-wracking ride in a car with a great horned owl, an angry swan, and intruding insects. There are also diversions Connecticut-style -- an auction, a church choir concert, neighborly gatherings.« less
A journal of a couple who moved from NYC to a small town in Connecticut.They exchanged their view of an airshaft for a view of a river valley and a wooded ridge. Very enjoyable reading.