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Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place
Sky Time in Gray's River Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place Author:Robert Michael Pyle Much the way Donald Hall's Seasons at Eagle Pond captured New England, Sky Time in Gray"s River captures the essence of the Pacific Northwest by telling the story of Robert Pyle's life in rural Washington. One of the earliest communities established near the mouth of the Columbia River, the village of Gray's River is only tenuously connected to ... more »the world of the twenty-first century. Although Pyle is a lepidopterist and the Gray's River region is notable for its lack of butterflies, something about the place spoke to him three decades ago, and he has lived there, in the same house, ever since. This book brings Gray's River to life by compressing those thirty years into twelve chapters, following the lives of humans, animals, and plants month by month through the seasons. By demonstrating how the village has changed his life, Pyle illustrates how a special place can change anyone lucky enough to find it—and he highlights how much is being lost in a world of accelerating sameness, speed, and mobility. Above all, Sky Time shows that you don"t have to travel far to see something new everyday—if you know how to look.« less