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S'està carregant… When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler's Journal of Staying Put (edició 2008)de Vivian Swift (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I read this book because of a recommendation on npr.org http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121243815 The book was physically larger than I was expected, and I knew that it was written like a journal or scrapbook with illustrated pictures, but I didn't expect it to look quite the way it did. The following link gives a sample of the pages: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121100586 Once I got over my different expectations and I started reading it, I found it to be very enjoyable to read. The author gives her observations about her home and village and her memories of her previous travels and adds in lovely illustrations, quotes, facts, trivia, and other items. The book is organized by months, and I would read a little at time. I felt that I was taking a vacation in her village in Long Island Sound, but also felt like I was getting a bit of a taste of other areas she had visited. I also felt like it inspired me to be more observant and appreciative of my surroundings, both when I travel and when I stay home, and to write things down. I read this book because of a recommendation on npr.org http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121243815 The book was physically larger than I was expected, and I knew that it was written like a journal or scrapbook with illustrated pictures, but I didn't expect it to look quite the way it did. The following link gives a sample of the pages: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121100586 Once I got over my different expectations and I started reading it, I found it to be very enjoyable to read. The author gives her observations about her home and village and her memories of her previous travels and adds in lovely illustrations, quotes, facts, trivia, and other items. The book is organized by months, and I would read a little at time. I felt that I was taking a vacation in her village in Long Island Sound, but also felt like I was getting a bit of a taste of other areas she had visited. I also felt like it inspired me to be more observant and appreciative of my surroundings, both when I travel and when I stay home, and to write things down. Vivian Swift began to travel when she was still a teenager. She moved twenty-three times in twenty years. It was not until ten years ago that she decided to stop and settle down. It was then, she writes, that she really began to find the wonder in life.A fun book filled with little drawings and reflections. A graphic memoir, so to speak. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
"Following a lifetime of trekking across the globe, Vivian Swift, who racked up twenty-three temporary addresses in twenty years, finally dropped her well-worn futon mattress and rucksack in a small town on the edge of the Long Island Sound. She spent the next decade quietly taking stock of her life, her immediate surroundings, and finally, what it means to call a place home. Filled with beautiful watercolors of local landscapes, seasonal activities, and small, overlooked pleasures of easy living, each chapter chronicles the perks of remaining at home in a little town, including recipes, hobbies, and prized possessions"--Jacket. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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lovely little vignette artwork (Swift is very skilled in various media: watercolor, ink/watercolor, ink, pencil, embroidery) paired with brief journal entries and collected tidbits/trivia from her time spent in practiced mindfulness. I liked the various lists and collections of things, and found this journal to be meditative and soothing as I dawdled over each thoughtfully composed, illustrated and hand-lettered page (before digital publishing software made this so easy). ( )