In Archives of Joy: Reflections on Animals and the Nature of Being, French Canadian writer Jean-François Beauchemin seems to be again, round and into the mystic, to nice impact. His temporary and infrequently breathtaking reflections on creatures he has encountered all through his life meld right into a salve for the troubled, weary or distracted thoughts and can attraction to followers of Brian Doyle, Ross Gay and Margaret Renkl.
In a one-paragraph essay known as “Useful,” Beauchemin writes, “It might be said that I am rummaging around a lot in that great big suitcase of my childhood, but why the devil do we age, if it is not to encounter ourselves once more?” In “A Visitor,” he recounts a religious encounter from childhood, when “I had just learned my dog’s life expectancy was only fourteen years.” Immediately after studying this piece, I snapped an image of it and despatched it to a good friend who’s grieving a beloved pup; that’s the sort of small treasure this e book is.
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