In times of profound loss, what do we turn to? Some of us look for a way to express our experience through writing or art or movement. Some of us write. Some of us turn to the comfort of the natural world, finding our place in the order of things by connecting with the outdoors. Mark Liebenow turned to his beloved Yosemite when his wife died, then wrote about what he experienced there. His writings turned into a book, Mountains of Light, and led him to a new path; writing about the landscape of grief through observing his connection to the natural world. What comfort did he find? What lessons
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