Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just open your current read to a random page and share a few sentences. Be careful not to include spoilers!
Mountains of Light: Seasons of Reflection in Yosemite is a lovely contemplative book, both reminiscent of and different from my 2011 favorite, Fire Season. My review will come closer to the book’s publication date of March 1, but here’s a teaser for you now.
I lower my expectations for how glorious this dawn will be, wanting to regard whatever happens as a grace. To borrow a Japanese Buddhist image, I must empty my begging bowl in order to receive not what I think I need but what is being offered, and to regard whatever comes as oryoki–just enough.
Isn’t that a lovely image and concept? And it gives a glimpse into the tone of the book.
This quotation comes from an uncorrected advance proof and is subject to change.
Filed under: tuesday teasers | Tagged: memoir, nonfiction |
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Great image. This is a new to me book.
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Wow, that’s beautiful! I don’t often read nonfiction, but this sounds quite wonderful!
Isn’t it lovely? I think there’s nonfiction out there for everyone; you maybe just haven’t found it yet.