With luck, Tiny Worlds will trigger FOMO—and point you toward the miraculous web of beauty seen at foot level and strolling speed. Plagued by chronic migraines as a teenager, West Virginia watercolorist Rosalie Haizlett started taking long walks in nature at the suggestion of her doctors. For the first time, she saw and appreciated “even the littlest of details,” instead of chasing the “grandiose.” The move was life-changing and led, among other things, to a six-month road trip up the Appalachians, chronicled with love and attention in this cheerful book. It’s a mix of field guide, trip report, journal, and art book, infused with personal warmth and dedicated to the overlooked, forgotten, and right-there-under-our-noses.
Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains