Green Mountain Zen

Green Mountain Zen renders the cycles of the human spirit as it surrenders to the shortest, most shut-down days of winter, keeping the coals of itself aglow, and then opens to celebration as the earth softens, greens, and again offers its abundance. This is a wise book, attentive to the nuances of inner and outer weather in a way that might best be called devotional — patient and deeply respectful. Image by image —Romaine seeds ‘the size of a baby’s eyelash,’ the raindrop ‘that lingers/like...