Wild Light: A printmaker’s day and night

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Because there’s something else I love that I left for the end: learning that you’re more than you ever thought you could be, and that your life has greater treasures laid up for you than you could ever imagine. As you journey through this immersive experience, you’ll also have the chance to meet the nocturnal keepers and guardians of the mystical animals and creatures, the Zoo gnomes, visible only in the Zoo at night. Wild Lights is an truly unforgettable experience for friends, families and groups, and a perfect way to come together to celebrate the festive season. You are not a creature of grief. You are not a congregation of wounds. You are not the sum of your losses. Your skin is not your scars. Your life is yours, and it can be new and wondrous. Remember that." Delaney + Science – I will always laud a STEM loving character, and there was some cool science mentioned. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC. Please listen to the full review at: https://bookclubbed.buzzsprout.com/15...

One thing I particularly love about all of Jeff’s books is the message that you don’t have to do overly impressive things to live a life full of love and dignity. While the circumstances that lead to Cash and Delaney ending up at a boarding school are indeed extraordinary, this book goes to show that sometimes our most memorable and important moments can be lunches at McDonald’s, quiet canoe rides on the river, and even doing laundry with a good friend. A wise, gorgeous exploration of loss and survival that will make readers cry…Lyrical and heartbreaking. ” — School Library Journal, starred review After making a rather incredible biological discovery, Delaney was offered a chance to escape to a place that would nurture her brilliance, and she was taking her best friend Cash with her. It perfectly encapsulates what it feels like to be the outsider. What it feels like to be lost. To love. To grieve. To heal.I’ve seen that life is filled with unimaginable horror. But it’s also threaded through with unimaginable wonder." Like all of Jeff Zentner’s books, In The Wild Light has a heart that beats in Tennessee. And although I’ve never lived in “the volunteer state,” I did call its neighbor to the east home for nearly 30 years - which may be part of the reason why I always feel as though I *know* the small towns that Zentner creates. I’ve been to places like Sawyer, Tennessee. But more importantly, I *know* the people who live and love and sometimes die in there, too. Not only does Mundy have a way with words but she also creates characters that are very real and full of complexities. Be it main protagonist or minor supporting character, I could easily relate to them or know of someone just like them.

Y]ou are not a creature of grief. You are not a congregation of wounds. You are not the sum of your losses. Your skin is not your scars. Your life is yours and it can be new and wondrous.” There are days when your heart is so filled with this world’s beauty, it feels like holding too much of something in your hand. Days that taste like wild honey. Craig Aitchison’s second book, Wild Light: Scotland’s Mountain Landscapes, is one of the finest books of Scottish landscape photography I’ve seen in recent years.this is the kind of story that gently touches you and the feeling spreads right to your very core. its a story of loss and new opportunities, of the homes that create us and that distant places that refine us, of peaceful waters and contentious anxiety, of best friends and family, of the healing power of words and finding the beauty in struggles.

That's what Jeff does through his writing. He finds the "broken spots" and makes them beautiful. This book is special. The characters are special. And I hope you give this special book a chance. If you've never given contemporary fic a chance, I beg you to try Jeff's books. I'm not saying his books will all of a sudden make you love all contemporary, realistic fic...but I am saying that his books are remarkable and able to be loved and appreciated by every type of reader. Readers love good stories, and all of Jeff's stories are good. Bogs a bit in the middle and the ending's predictable, but still, did I mention how sweet and all-American these kids are? You'll want to adopt them -- and their poetry teacher practically does (I guess you can get away with this in private schools, but have my doubts). I also loved the profile of a small southern town, where people are struggling but maintain dignity, where they are doing the best to take care of their own, where the young people are torn between a bigger city with opportunity and the gentle rhythms of the community and surrounding nature.We think of language as this tame thing that lives in neat garden beds, bound by rules and fences. Then someone shows it to you growing wild and beautiful, flowering vines consuming cities, erasing pavement and lines. Breaking through any fence that would try to contain it. Reclaiming. Reshaping. Reforming." When she makes a remarkable scientific discovery locally with Cash’s help, it gets Delaney a full ride to a prestigious Connecticut boarding school, where she’ll finally be challenged academically. She convinces them to award the same opportunity to Cash, since she can’t imagine undertaking this adventure without him. This book is a love letter to the panoramic format – and a very specific panoramic format. The images in Wild Light were shot on Velvia 50 with the Hasselblad XPan, a near-legendary camera that takes 35mm film but shoots panoramic 24x65mm negatives. The images have an inviting warmth to them (even the cold and snowy ones!) and the artist’s style feels mature to me. Combined with seven years of hard work, the result is a cohesive set of truly spellbinding images from Scotland’s mountains.

I fell in love with Dr. Adkins, Cash’s poetry teacher, as soon as she entered the stage. Love at first sight. I mean, how could it not be? You can’t fix a car with poetry. “Poetry won’t help you build that new app and make billions. It won’t win you an election. There are so many ways that poetry isn’t useful in the way we think of things as being useful. And yet…We bring poems to read at weddings and funerals. We write them to lovers. When our lives have been burned down around us, we look for that single glowing ember remaining, and that’s a poem. Poetry is one of the highest artistic achievements of humankind.” Just received your book in the mail today. I don't even know where to start!! It brought tears to my eyes! I didn't think there was any way to make RMNP look more beautiful. But you have done that. This is a gorgeous book! I love how you have put it together. You will not have to do any promoting on this book. The book speaks for itself. It is a must have for anyone that has spent any time in RMNP. - Sherry Salvador I have never travelled to Maatsuyker Island, but Ms Mundy takes me there with her description of the island, the lighthouse and (especially) the weather. I can only imagine how isolated Steph must have felt before she met Tom: away from her friends, her parents preoccupied and trying to manage their own grief. And Tom. I felt sorry for Tom, caught between family loyalty and his own sense of right and wrong. Here we are, survivors of quiet wars. Like trees that have weathered a brutal storm, but with broken branches and fallen blossoms littering the ground around us."These images are a real treat to view. It’s a photo book that rewards leisurely contemplation. We’re all bombarded with images these days, but I felt compelled to slow down and appreciate them fully, take the time to think about the photographer’s distinctive way of composing images – and, of course, admire the locations themselves. Of all the images in this book, my favourite has to be the wonderful snowy panorama of the Lairig Ghru cutting through the Cairngorms.