Title:
The contemplative paddler's fireside companion / by Timothy McDonnell.
ISBN:
9781682010228
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
St. Cloud, Minnesota : North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc., [2016]
Physical Description:
172 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
Come sit by the fire -- A grand near miss -- Serendipity -- Zugunruhe -- Tendrils -- Ursine encounters -- Trout flies and black flies -- One blade or two? -- Imagining michipicoten -- Old man's river -- The company you keep -- Finding balance -- Check the flipside -- Of kayaks and concessions -- Embers -- Afterword.
Summary:
"The Contemplative Paddler's Fireside Companion is for any paddler, wanderer, or dreamer with a love for the wild. Not a how-to manual, these pages comprise a why-do collection exploring the spiritual core of the paddle-trip experience. Tim McDonnell writes with clarity, spirit, and self-effacing good humor, taking readers along on several amazing wilderness journeys, sharing his explorations into the wild fueled by something far more substantial than mere adrenaline and far more significant than ego. Wonder, playfulness, gratitude, and introspection are the key ingredients of this well-crafted book. Each of his essays flares a bit and then lingers, just as one would expect from a good fire."--Publisher's website.
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OCLC Number:
ocn952389998
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
