The Birds That Saved Me
by J. P. Steed
From Ghow Press:
Jason Steed and his family were already struggling with some hard things in March 2020. Disease. Trauma. Depression. Death. Then the world shut down in response to the COVID pandemic. To cope with these hard things, Steed started going for walks to the creek that ran through his neighborhood. Then he discovered the birds. And the birds are what saved him.
Part memoir, part self-help guide, part introduction to birds and birding, The Birds That Saved Me is a richly layered meditation on life-a book about finding the good things that will help us to survive the hard things.
Steed, like many others, discovered birding during the pandemic. The short, very well-written chapters of this book walk us through this discovery while, at the same time, provide insights into the birds themselves as well as how to deal with the difficulties of life.
The Birds That Saved Me
by J. P. Steed
Paperback; 201 pages
Ghow Press; September 1, 2023
ISBN: 9781960554000
$16.95
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Posted by Grant McCreary on October 29th, 2023.
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I was interested to know how you center yourself and clear your thoughts before
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