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Outside,Gently
Warm, reflective essays about the natural world, healing, aging, and the small moments that become visible when we slow down and pay attention.
The world changes when we notice it.
“This is a celebration of paying attention to the natural world, to the people we have loved, and to the life still unfolding around us.”
For nearly a year, Christine Magnussen could barely walk. When she returned to the trails, beaches, forests, and lakes she loved, the outdoors felt both familiar and newly alive.
In Outside, Gently, she wanders through the Pacific Northwest and beyond, noticing what is easy to miss when life moves too quickly: a pale coyote, a shrinking glacier, salmon returning, deep-furrowed bark, and the quiet gifts that arrive with age, loss, recovery, and attention.
These essays move between humor and sorrow, small adventures and unexpected encounters, poignant memories and the simple pleasure of being able to step outside again.
Paperback cover · 5.5" × 8.5"
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