A collection of essays by Barry Lopez. We follow him around the world from the remote Japanese island of Hokkaido to Antarctica, from the Galapagos to his back yard in rural Oregon. A curiosity about what occupies the inner spaces of aircraft leads him on six months' of journeys recording the bizarre contents of freight holds; the invitation to the firing of a neighbour's wood-fired kiln prompts a lyrical tour-de-force on our interaction with the natural world. Other, more personal essays, are prompted by memories, by looking at his own hands, or the objects on his desk. | 
