Infinite Paradise: Witnessing the Wild provides a clear sense of time and place. The location is the author’s 16-acre family property in rural southern Ontario, Canada – called ‘Paradise’ by the author’s mother. This book is an almanac of sorts, following the changes each season with entries from every month of the year. Paradise is not simply a setting in her prose, but the core ‘character’.
Her meditative observations are chronicled of nature, its interactions, its changes and its connectivity. Each month is sprinkled with notes from her fathers journal kept decades prior, a background on corresponding gemstones, historical context and a clear personal appreciation for the natural world.
Beeaff blends the observant eye of a naturalist with the heart of a poet, recording the “buoyancy of life” through detailed observations of local residents like a beaver named Beau and the complex “aerial freeways” used by red squirrels.
This book feels like a significant response to the modern world. It is a slow and methodical read, do not expect to finish this in a single day. And it is best enjoyed outdoors among the natural environment.
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