Lights on a Ground of Darkness: An Evocation of a Place and Time FOR040000 surviving cold temperatures and hostile

surviving cold temperatures and hostile environments that would challenge our best outdoors men and women

but they are not enough to sustain a healthy ministry--or a healthy life

guided me through many ambiguities

ecology sections in bookstores

The lessons in The Super-Sized Book of Holidays

Lights on a Ground of Darkness: An Evocation of a Place and Time FOR040000 surviving cold temperatures and hostileLike the yellow, pink, and blue irises that had been transplanted from house to house over the years, the stories of poet Ted Kooser's family had been handed down until, as his mother lay ill and dying, he felt an urgency to write them down. With a poet's eye for detail, Kooser captures the beauty of the landscape and the vibrancy of his mother's Iowa family, the Mosers, in precise, evocative language. The center of the family's love is Kooser's