LEADER 02432nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910818394903321 005 20230207225543.0 010 $a0-8166-8749-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000347060 035 $a(EBL)310365 035 $a(OCoLC)476094139 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000247182 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11923237 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247182 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10195992 035 $a(PQKB)11608324 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310365 035 $a(OCoLC)232159926 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39886 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310365 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10159526 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522573 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000347060 100 $a19951212d1996 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe snow lotus$b[electronic resource] $eexploring the eternal moment /$fPeter M. Leschak 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (182 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-2820-3 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Deer Beds: A Prologue; The Snow Lotus; Snow White and the Timberwolf; Blue Velvet Number Nine; The Cosmos and Lysistrata; A Damn Idiot; Washing the Sky to Amber; The Guts of God; Later; The Awesome Triple-L; Ditching the Future; Nasty Business; Total Eclipse of the Clouds; Blood Walk; The Magic Puck; Tilting Round the Far Spruce; An Easy Winter; Smoking Mountain; Farewells 330 $aA Native American proverb states that "yesterday is ashes, tomorrow is wood, only today does the fire burn brightly." This series of essays, set in the north woods of Minnesota, is woven around the theme of the importance of being alive and aware in the present. Deeply rooted in the natural world, The Snow Lotus shares the philosophical and emotional insights author Peter M. Leschak has acquired from a life lived close to nature. 606 $aNatural history$zMinnesota 607 $aMinnesota$xDescription and travel 607 $aMinnesota$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aNatural history 676 $a917.76 700 $aLeschak$b Peter M.$f1951-$01104957 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818394903321 996 $aThe snow lotus$93967943 997 $aUNINA