The EarthwaySomartin, Transylvania
The EarthwaySomartin, Transylvania
Thirty years, told five ways
The early essays came first — how-to pieces about living on the land. Useful, and a little dry. I ran out of things to say in that voice, so I started telling it as a story instead.
What follows is the same life told five ways: as fable, as the near future it seems to be heading into, as the plain account of a leaving, and finally in my own voice, looking back. Start wherever you like — they intertwine.
Connecting the Dots7 piecesA man in his sixties talking back to the man he was at forty.
The Muddy Way15 piecesMy own life as fireside fable.
The Lean Years4 piecesThe same village, further into what hasn’t happened yet.
After Șomartin — Exile in Sibiu19 piecesThe same events, told straight.
The early essays10 piecesWhere it started. How-to pieces about living on the land.
