Walking Nature Home: A Life's Journey (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series)

Susan Tweit is grounded to time and place on this earth by the heavens. Having always loved the stars, in this memoir of faith and courage in the face of a severe illness, an autoimmune disease that some twenty years ago was supposed to kill her in five, she heads each chapter with a short story about the constellations. She also finds courage and faith and grounding in the act of walking and once took a hike of one hundred miles through a Wyoming wilderness with only a dog for a companion. When you understand how ill she was/is and what a feat it could be for a healthy individual, then you know the courage, the fierceness of will she possessed to endure. She took that "walk" not because she wanted to prove she could, although that might be a side motivation, but to learn to listen, to be aware and in the silence and the sounds of nature, learn more about herself and how to manage her illness.I love that when she and her husband (who by the way is a darling man) moved to Colorado, they bought an old abandoned industrial property and began to restore it to health, starting with the creek. This is a beautiful story, a well-written story of tenacity and the power of the human spirit. A must read for those who are fighting an illness and for those of us, so far, in good health. It's a book that is now in my personal library and one I will recommend to my book club. Eunice Boeve, author

The book itself is great and the author is a wonderful writer. However, because I had read this author before and really like her, I wanted a used book in nice condition. I chose this one because it was described as "excellent." What the seller did NOT say in the description is that it's an ex-library copy. It's perfectly fine and readable but not what I was expecting. And it is usual to let buyers know they are buying an ex-library copy, with library markings, etc.

In her remarkable-crafted memoir, Susan Tweit recounts the courageous, unconventional path she took after being told in 1980, at the age of twenty-three, she has an autoimmune disease that will likely kill her in two to five years. Instead of succumbing to the medical establishments prognosis, as a plant eco-biologist, she used her knowledge and intuitive wisdom to allow the rhythms of the earth and the constellation of the stars teach her how to live with her disease. She left a marriage that was not healthy for her. She found the love of her life. She initiated their move to a small town in Colorado that would feed their spirit by giving space to express their artistic passions. Thirty-six years later, living in alignment with the healing powers of nature, love, and creativity, she thrives. This is a most unusual and inspiring read.

Susan J. Tweit's Walking Nature Home: A Life's Journey is a wonderful reminder of the healing power of nature. Our health is intricately tied to the health of the land. I got so wrapped up in the story of Susan's journey through the natural world around her and her own process of healing and coming to terms with her own illness that I could not put this book down. I read it entire in one sitting, and then I read it again. Through powerful natural metaphors Susan guides us to an understanding of the world around us and our place in it. It's an amazing story on so many levels: finding a spiritual connection to nature, accepting and overcoming life's obstacles, a love story, a personal journey, and reclaiming and returning an unloved abandoned property to natural balance. There are just so many wonderful lessons here. That's why I'm reading it yet again.

The book is in good condition and as described, came on time. I would buy from this seller again.