Wild Bird in My Open Hand

In A Wild Bird in My Open Hand Rod Grant explores the ultimate questions of life death and human destiny But he also writes with rich poetic economy about the experiences of everyday life love the death of friends changes in the seasons and the ironies of human existence He draws inspiration from the natural beauty of the surroundings where he lives the mountains forests and sea of the Olympic Peninsula in the State of Washington In Dandelion and Late Winter he strikes an upbeat tone for the book In Free and Green Evening he relates experiences at the edges of our normal range of awareness In Mortality and Serenity from which the title of the book is taken he positions us for the inevitable end of life It is a book of remarkable variety and deep insight