Morning Coffee at the Goldfish Pond: Seeing a World in the Garden - Softcover

Zurick, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1947067028 ISBN 13: 9781947067028

Publisher: Shanti Arts LLC, 2017

Synopsis

SILVER AWARD WINNER 2017 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDSFINALIST 2018 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS
Winner of the 2006 National Outdoor Book Award, David Zurick recounts an event in his life that seems exceedingly uncomplicated: he built a goldfish pond in his backyard. Yet, there is more to a goldfish pond than meets the eye. Zurick's compelling story travels the world, encompassing places of extraordinary beauty and rich cultural traditions, but the core of it is in Wolf Gap Holler, Kentucky, where he lives among hard-working and community-minded neighbors, cuts firewood to keep warm in the winter, and enjoys morning coffee by his goldfish pond . . . often with his neighbor George. Entertaining and informative, the book at first seems so simple that one barely notices its treatises on the sacred qualities of place, the contemplative virtues of nature, the dilemmas of sustainability, and the spiritual framework that undergirds life. Yet, this is what this book is about: a sacred and seamless landscape that extends from the highest mountain plateaus in Tibet to the deepest hollers of Kentucky.

About this title

About the Author:

David Zurick travels often from his Wolf Gap home to photograph and write about distant places and cultures. He is the author of numerous books and maintains a photo blog called "Picture Pilgrim."

Review:

"Zen is the world that comes to mind when describing Morning Coffee at the Goldfish Pond. A space to think not only about the environment and our world at large but also our places within it. Meditative...a peaceful reading experience." - San Francisco Book Review
"An inherently interesting and entertaining read from beginning to end. Unique, extraordinary, and unreservedly recommended." - Midwest Book Review

"As the neighbor of a small pond myself, I found these meditations lovely in their simplicity. And--often the case with ponds--there's more depth there than you might think!"
      - Bill McKibben, authorof Radio Free Vermont
  
"This work unfolds a geography of the sacred that is both local and global, both meditation and contemplation.  It offer sreaders diverse ways of living and being in the world."
       - bell hooks, author of All About Love 
"This book is a journey into the depths of life and our contemporary challenges. Rarely have I seen the local and global more elegantly juxtaposed. The result is nothing short of masterful."
      - MaryEvelyn Tucker, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology and author of Journey of the Universe.
 
"What a journey! David Zurick takes us on an epic pilgrimage across sacred landscapes around the world. The outer pilgrimage is rugged and raw, full of grit and beauty. And the inner journey illuminates and connects us to the deeper aspects of what it means to be human--empathy, understanding, and connectedness."
       - Matteo Pistono, authorof Meditation and In the Shadow of the Buddha
 
 

About this edition

• Publisher: Shanti Arts LLC
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1947067028
• ISBN 13: 9781947067028
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236