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The Last of the Living Blue

Gin Getz

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Description:The Last of the Living Blue is an intimate, intense personal account of the effects of our changing climate in our big back yard, Colorado’s majestic mountains and the Weminuche Wilderness. It reads close and comfortable, though the times it takes you through are often anything but. It’s real and raw, told in a soft yet powerful voice, taking the reader along through one year of drought, fires, floods and the healing of mountain and mind.

“How does somebody hear a forest unraveling? How can she see a mountain sighing? With the patience of a predator and the melancholy notes of an autumn breeze, The Last of the Living Blue brings to us what is hidden before our eyes, disturbing yet enduringly beautiful. In a world careening recklessly over the speed limit, Gin Getz’s ‘quiet voice singing’ is worth stopping to hear.”
-- Daniel Glick, author of Monkey Dancing: A Father, Two Kids, and a Journey to the Ends of the Earth (Public Affairs)

“Gin Getz writes exquisite prose about life on the mountain and at the headwaters of the Rio Grande. This is a passionate book: by a woman, for all that she loves intensely. And that's a lot. This is a beautiful book to read."
-- Harold Rhenisch, author of Motherstone: British Columbia's Volcanic Plateau

This beautifully told story addresses a matter of utmost concern from a unique perspective and in a quiet yet captivating tone. The Last of the Living Blue is an unusual approach to addressing the effects of climate change upon our beautiful world, one tree at a time. Neither a preachy lecture, nor a “everything’s peachy” scenario, you’ll find yourself enchanted with Gin’s prose, poetry and storytelling as she open up her world to us and shares with the reader in stunning words what she sees.

“My climate here has already changed,” Gin writes. “Fast. I’m surrounded by a half a million acres of old Blue Spruce that were killed by bark beetles over the past few years, and last year alone, over a hundred thousand acres burned in my big back yard. The story I am sharing is one of living and dying, exhilaration and depression, belonging (or not), finding ones place, and commitment to love and land. It’s an intriguing and inspiring journey of attachment, loss and overcoming that reads as beautiful tribute to this beautiful land. With or without trees!”

“Gin steps out of the pages at us, naked, as she does at 10,000 feet, baring her emotional soul courageously while challenging us to embrace her love of the wilder ness which has her in thrall. This is a glorious, if ofttimes chilly, ride through her grapples with environmental degradation which has murdered millions of her trees - of our trees. Presented inventively as befits the daring style of this unique woman who can wield a shovel all day long, ditch digging, and uncurl her fingers at night to write us her heartfelt feelings. A great read - quite thought provoking even as it shows us a unique way of life, and of looking at it.”

-- Ashley Kent Carrithers, author of Attaining Flow, and Jaguar Girl - a Love Story With Mother Earth

“Gin Getz’s work is infused with honesty and beauty, vital traits for a writer capturing the joys and heartbreak of a life in the wild.”

-- A.J. Mangum, Editor, Ranch & Reata Magazine.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Last of the Living Blue. To get started finding The Last of the Living Blue, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 175

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: NorLights Press

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1935254928

Description: The Last of the Living Blue is an intimate, intense personal account of the effects of our changing climate in our big back yard, Colorado’s majestic mountains and the Weminuche Wilderness. It reads close and comfortable, though the times it takes you through are often anything but. It’s real and raw, told in a soft yet powerful voice, taking the reader along through one year of drought, fires, floods and the healing of mountain and mind.

“How does somebody hear a forest unraveling? How can she see a mountain sighing? With the patience of a predator and the melancholy notes of an autumn breeze, The Last of the Living Blue brings to us what is hidden before our eyes, disturbing yet enduringly beautiful. In a world careening recklessly over the speed limit, Gin Getz’s ‘quiet voice singing’ is worth stopping to hear.”
-- Daniel Glick, author of Monkey Dancing: A Father, Two Kids, and a Journey to the Ends of the Earth (Public Affairs)

“Gin Getz writes exquisite prose about life on the mountain and at the headwaters of the Rio Grande. This is a passionate book: by a woman, for all that she loves intensely. And that's a lot. This is a beautiful book to read."
-- Harold Rhenisch, author of Motherstone: British Columbia's Volcanic Plateau

This beautifully told story addresses a matter of utmost concern from a unique perspective and in a quiet yet captivating tone. The Last of the Living Blue is an unusual approach to addressing the effects of climate change upon our beautiful world, one tree at a time. Neither a preachy lecture, nor a “everything’s peachy” scenario, you’ll find yourself enchanted with Gin’s prose, poetry and storytelling as she open up her world to us and shares with the reader in stunning words what she sees.

“My climate here has already changed,” Gin writes. “Fast. I’m surrounded by a half a million acres of old Blue Spruce that were killed by bark beetles over the past few years, and last year alone, over a hundred thousand acres burned in my big back yard. The story I am sharing is one of living and dying, exhilaration and depression, belonging (or not), finding ones place, and commitment to love and land. It’s an intriguing and inspiring journey of attachment, loss and overcoming that reads as beautiful tribute to this beautiful land. With or without trees!”

“Gin steps out of the pages at us, naked, as she does at 10,000 feet, baring her emotional soul courageously while challenging us to embrace her love of the wilder ness which has her in thrall. This is a glorious, if ofttimes chilly, ride through her grapples with environmental degradation which has murdered millions of her trees - of our trees. Presented inventively as befits the daring style of this unique woman who can wield a shovel all day long, ditch digging, and uncurl her fingers at night to write us her heartfelt feelings. A great read - quite thought provoking even as it shows us a unique way of life, and of looking at it.”

-- Ashley Kent Carrithers, author of Attaining Flow, and Jaguar Girl - a Love Story With Mother Earth

“Gin Getz’s work is infused with honesty and beauty, vital traits for a writer capturing the joys and heartbreak of a life in the wild.”

-- A.J. Mangum, Editor, Ranch & Reata Magazine.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Last of the Living Blue. To get started finding The Last of the Living Blue, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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