In this colorful journal, writer-illustrator Barbara Bash has re-created her chronicles of meditation and contemplative wandering during a series of solitary country retreats. Combining journal notes in calligraphy watercolor-and-pencil drawings, she captures exquisite moments of magic in the natural environment: a dragonfly’s brief pause, a surprised deer in tall grass, the woods at twilight. Nature lovers, gardeners, and anyone who enjoys solitary country walks will find hours of pleasure in these pages.