Excerpts
"I am not from anywhere. I am of the rivers. I am of the mountains. Of the hollows. The animals who have made me. I am of the horse. The dog. I am of the wild."
"Wildness can heal, but it can also teach. I have come to know this world in many ways. The wisdom of wild things being one."
"If there were gods for wild things or any things, they live in those hues."
"My greatest fear has always been that I would become a man afraid to be himself."
"To be wild in this moment, to be caught in the primal stare between predator and prey meant navigating a millennium of evolution, of time, instinct, and discipline to confront the animal within and the fluidity of what it means to be human."
Testimonials
What happens when we move too far from nature, from our natural selves? What is the price of urbanization? In his memoir, Weidner traces his roots from the deep hollows of Ohio to the California coast, an extraordinary journey of the soul and body. His connection to equines is both his salvation and his downfall. There is a wildness in all living creatures, and in that recognition, in that twinning of souls, there is also a kind of redemption."
–Jennifer Olds, author of The Half-Acre Ranch, Rodeo and the Mimosa Tree, and Good Night, Henry.
–Jennifer Olds, author of The Half-Acre Ranch, Rodeo and the Mimosa Tree, and Good Night, Henry.
