Ummm, not a book for me. It has moments, but not nearly enough to want to read it cover to cover all t once or even over days. At least not me. It's well written, and I am sure it will find it's readers.

As the description states, acclaimed nature writer Jules Pretty frames 'The East Country' around Aldo Leopold's classic 'Sand Country Almanac'. So, when this description came across my desk, I knew I had to read Jules book.

Leonardo da Vinci suggested heightening senses to enhance life's experiences. And in this book Jules Pretty shows us he's done this.

When you read the first page, you'll find that Jules excels at situational awareness. Can you imagine? Honestly, for many of us when we look out across the horizon. We see land. We see sky.

Jules Pretty provides us with close ups of all this, and with everything in between.

Happily, I enthusiastically noted, these local and the universal collections and reflections occur not only out in the meadow where we'd normally see things detailed. But, also they appear on roads and in an around buildings and while chatting with friends and associates over tea.

In this book, his words comes across like thousands of snowflakes - falling . Each having its own unique identity. And on the tongue its more like a melody than just mere words written on a page.

I surmise you could say, "I simply love his emotional output of text, his synthesising mind, and his attachment to the land."


Bottom Line: This is a beautiful read.I highly recommend it.