Heading for HomeDundurn, 30 sept. 2001 - 196 pagini Zahava Hanan's struggle to save her ranch in Alberta from the threat of industrial pollution makes Heading for Home a modern tale on an epic scale. For twenty years she fought for her rights in Western Canada. Heading for Home gives a very warm account of her companions throughout those years from cowhands to lovable animals; from concerned neighbours to the formality of the company man, some of whom too, eventually became firm friends. Aided at times in her struggle by her friend the author and tracker Andy Russell, Heading for Home tells the tale of how one woman's strength and willpower contributed to our heightened sense of mutual awareness. In the course of her long struggle to save everything she held most dear, Zahava Hanan stood squarely up to a "David and Goliath" confrontation with the corporations. During that time, however, she came to understand that by daring to care for our environment we inherit a common ground, goal and home. This book is also the story of that spiritual quest and challenge. And it is in this sense that Zahava Hanan has been "heading for home," and helping others get there, ever since. This is a masterpiece of its kind, and truly original, since nobody of her sensibility has written on the subject at all. There are countless travel books about wild places and countless cozy books about life in the town. This happens to be unique both in the handling of her environment and in her ability to feel and write about it. |
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... cold . It was without doubt the worst winter ever seen in the Alberta ranch business , for , although the loss was heavier in 1906-7 , there were circumstances leading up to the earlier winter that accentuated the inclemency of weather ...
... cold to have the beauty that comes with the crystallisation of wat into snow and ice ; and then with such a weather change you can enjoy the beauty without the threat of the windchill . I love the cold that fences you in , that doesn't ...
... virgin soil . Underneath the floor was a root cellar of preserved vegetables and crab apples ( Alberta's only domesticated fruit ) tucked away for cold winter moments . To enter her home felt , somehow , as if HEADING FOR HOME.
... cold . I felt at the moment that everything else was irrelevant , for as he really looked at me I knew I was seeing truth . - a Flowing from the perception of God in every creature came concern about human beings . My father was very ...
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Cuprins
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THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE | 49 |
RUMSEY | 59 |
MEETING THE LAND | 81 |
JIM COMMODORE | 87 |
BULLS | 105 |
ANDY RUSSELL | 117 |
BREAKFAST AT RUMSEY RANCH SWAPPING STORIES | 131 |
THE ESSENCE OF RANCHING | 141 |
FRESH TRACKS | 161 |
FOOT OF MAN AND HOOF OF BEAST | 173 |
EPILOGUE | 185 |