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NOVEMBER MUSINGS: Poetic Poem To An Autumnal Season(76 pages 7 X 10 format)This evocative narration depicts the process and reality of Nature, where the subject is perceived through the eye of the observer. Here, the two phases of objectivity and subjectivity collide as synthesis issues. Hence, another way of perceiving the world, but, in this case, Nature's changing temperament on a late November day marking the near end of the autumnal season. At this time of the year, November is also my favorite month because there is something special about this change of season more than at any other time of the year. For those who see and sense the interconnectedness web of life, as well as being in touch with an ultra reality beyond the mundane view, this narrative realizes the micro view within the macro. This lengthy poetic narrative invites the reader into personal woolgathering and musings centered entirely on a serendipitous outdoor adventure into the countryside. Consequently, there is meditation in the exchange, as well as a chance to slow down the mind and let one's spirit catch up with the process. When the personal stage of one's life is let go, it is then possible to embrace the greater stage, Nature's stage, by which all else soon follows. Here's a sample stanza: Clouds on collision courses vectored north-northeast;like a convoy of ships adrift on a globular blue ocean, Lacked masts and sails.Down below, I was a voyager in a world of solid form;an ingenuous knight-errant, a Paladin in pursuit -Of Nature's Holy Grail.This treatise on Nature begins late in the evening. The long day's outing is over and my melancholy speaks volumes considering a diametrical change of temperament the moment I walked in the door. Later, I decided to recount the day that began around dawn and my spirits immediately were enhanced with the recall of one of the most exceptional days I experienced. Thus, the numerous stanzas relate the personal joy and value of an entire day now spent, but the narrative and the essence was recollected as the mood of the day changed minute by minute. (eBook version also)FYI: NOVEMBER MUSINGS is the poetic sibling to my other published prose manuscript, A TREATISE ON NATURE AND THE SELF.For more about my credentials and background, visit my online bookstore and home page at this URL: www.richholtzin.c.

About the Author

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After being Honorably Discharged from the Navy (submarine service), Rich Holtzin has lived in the West and Southwest for over four decades. Earning three academic degrees in Eastern and Western Philosophy, for some thirty years, he made a living as an outdoors educator and interpreter teaching a variety of geosciences, human, and natural history geared to the Colorado Plateau Province. Additionally, Rich was a professional studio and stage musician and taught guitar and music theory, including composing two soundtracks for the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Parks; a high school Educational Assistant and Substitute Teacher; a Commercial Pilot flying a variety of aircraft; a professional Photographer; a GPS surveyor and Topographical Mapper for the U. S. Forest Service; a Planetarium Control Room operator; a museum docent; and the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. What Rich is more enthused about, however, is serving in the role of an Interpretive Guide and Educator for the Grand Canyon Field Institute (a National Park Service endorsed outreach program (http: //bit.ly/1D6YS1u). He was also an instructor at Northern Arizona University and Yavapai College (respectively, Flagstaff and Prescott), as well as the owner of a Southwest eco and cultural tourism enterprise. Fairly recently, he became the Executive Director of a think tank in Albuquerque, based on astronautics and aerospace S.T.E.M. classroom projects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), including the co-author of a math-lab book based on rocketry (www.stemfortheclassroom). For more of RICH HOLTZIN'S backstory, peruse his website under his legal name: www.richholtzin.com He also writes books under the nom de plume, RK ALLEMAN, as published on his other Amazon Author's Page.