Leave No Stone Unturned
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Favorite Precipitation My father kept a daily log consisting of weather-related events such as temperature and precipitation. Now given his gardening and yard work endeavors, this was no surprise. Following in his footsteps, I keep a nature journal – not daily but often involving extremes…like getting soaked in the 20-minute rain shower last Saturday among other things! What is your favorite form of precipitation? Mine is NOT sudden rain showers, and I have been caught in many. Is it mist, rain showers, rain, thunderstorms, dusting of snow, snow, or blizzard? They all have their pros and cons, but I chose a dusting of snow. Just after dawn and an exceptionally light covering of snow, I ventured out one morning. I was not the first. Crisscrossing my path was the evidence of different critters busy long before my head lifted from my pillow. Back and forth across the road, along the road, all in various directions, the proof of their activity lay before me in the form of all kinds of tracks. It was spell binding. A poem flitted through my mind and left me only with the feeling of life and its activities even in this calm, serene spectacle. I wrote in my journal that day not of an extreme precipitation but of the beauty not often seen in a dusting of snow.
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In Leave No Stone Unturned, the author seeks to heighten the readers’ attentiveness to their natural environs through her weekly reflections. Each reflection explores the meaning beyond a phenomenon in the natural world. Drawn into the author’s close relationship with nature, the everyday becomes exceptional. The animals, the plants, the elements, and her connection with nature challenge the readers to consider more deeply their own experiences. Organized into four sections—one for each season, the book includes fifty-two reflections. As a nature lover, the author writes in nature journals, produces artwork and photography—all to reflect her keen vantage point. The reader is invited to contemplate one reflection and its corresponding image each week of each season for the year. Enjoy! There is no such thing as total silence. However, there is, if one seeks it, a space of quietude. Nature at its best. Carolyn Velletri’s writings resonate with her personal, intimate relationship within this sphere. Leave No Stone Unturned, Carolyn’s compilation of reflections, draws one into this special place, and heightens the senses to the bountiful beauty of the gift of nature. - Michelle Galea Stover