Walking Through the Seasons

Publisher: Green Writers Press

Walking through the Seasons is a compilation of the author's monthly newspaper essays that won an Independent Publisher's (IPPY) gold medal for best Northeastern non-fiction. It's the book you'll want to have on your bed stand. Leading the reader on an year-long nature walk, the words awaken and delight the senses, and somehow provide reassurance.

In the author's words, "It is my hope that parents and educators will support the instinctive connection that children make with the natural world and that all who may need it will find joy, solace and sensibility in the changing seasons."

Marilyn Webb Neagley, a Vermonter, spent her childhood in Ascutney and now resides in Shelburne with her husband.  As president of Shelburne Farms during its formative years, she worked with others to protect natural and agricultural resources. In recent years she has been a Vermont Public Radio commentator and has written essays about nature as well as the human inner landscape. She teaches mindfulness, a contemplative practice, in public schools. This work asks us to slow down, use our senses and simply notice.