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#20Series20days #Top20series day 7 It‘s only a 2 book series, but boy , can Poet Donald Hall write .These enchanting essays are among my favorite reads.Hall tells of his Grandparents farm at Eagle Pond , a place he thought he might live , he deemed impossible in his 20s yet made it a reality in his 40s.His writings about history, nature, and sense of place in New Hampshire is beautiful.Later, they put these 2 books in 1 called On Eagle Pond.

Wanted to note the death of Donald Hall at 89 yrs of age June 23rd. A wonderful poet , I really love his essays in the Eagle Pond series written when he moved to family farm in N.H.Jane Kenyon , 19 yrs his junior, his wife who‘s reputation as a poet was still growing as she was diagnosed with Leukemia and died 15 months later,is the subject of “The Best Day the Worst Day.”He wrote elegantly about about their lives together as writers.

#seasoninthetitle #marchinbooks Still have not read “stones” or “Summer of Love “. Seasons at Eagle Pond and its companion book,Here at Eagle Pond by poet Donald Hall are wonderful.He moved from Michigan to a farm In Wilmot, NH.These essays are about history,seasons, and observations of the place ,told with love and wit.