{"product_id":"the-shimmering-is-all-there-is-on-nature-god-science-and-more-hardcover","title":"The Shimmering Is All There Is: On Nature, God, Science, and More - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather Catto Kohout\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Donell Kohout\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCynthia J. Beeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shimmering Is All There Is: On Nature, God, Science, and More \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of essays and poems by the late Heather Catto Kohout. A native of San Antonio, Heather was a disciplined and original thinker and writer. Her education, experience, and temperament--as a loving wife, mother, and daughter; a proud Texan; a teacher and scholar with graduate degrees in English literature and religion; and the founder of a residency program for environmental writers and artists at a ranch in the Texas Hill Country--permeate every word she wrote. She had a unique combination of empathetic imagination, profound spirituality, cosmic sensibility, and an ability to laugh--gently--at her fellow creatures and, especially, herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather Kohout's essays and poems are thoughtful, profound, and generous, shifting constantly between the specific and the universal and carrying throughout a message of stewardship. She was an environmentalist at heart, but her writing explores so much more: nature, art, theology, science, food, and family. She wrote about Mexican teenagers who dress as angels in an attempt to halt drug-related violence; the perils of industrial agriculture; the pleasure of letting the chickens out of their coop in the morning; and the battle to save the Georgetown salamander. Always, she wrote about what it means to try to live an ethical life and to be fully human as a part of, not in opposition to, nature. These essays and poems exemplify the best of Texas womanhood: stubborn independence, fierce conviction, good humor, and instinctive generosity and kindness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of San Antonio, HEATHER CATTO KOHOUT (1959-2014) was a dedicated rower, a published poet, a freelance theology teacher, and the mother of three children. She cofounded Madroño Ranch: A Center for Writing, Art, and the Environment in Medina, Texas. MARTIN DONELL KOHOUT is the author of \u003ci\u003eHal Chase\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003e The Defiant Life and Turbulent Times of Baseball's Biggest Crook\u003c\/i\u003e, cofounder of Madroño Ranch, and president of the Madroño Foundation. He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 10.2 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47465675522226,"sku":"9781623499501","price":29.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/65b0b2f4272c7ef0746251e96c3f2a7b.webp?v=1779000831","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-shimmering-is-all-there-is-on-nature-god-science-and-more-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}