TURNING OVER STONES

In her lifetime, Kathrin Rudland has always analyzed any newor unfamiliar place in an effort to know who or what lives therein the present or lived there in the past. She looks not only atthe ordinary people and their everyday lives but also at the naturalworld that surrounds these people. She is curious about the long,continuous journey of generation by generation and how areashave changed.From her quiet home in Illinois and through far-reaching travelsacross the Arctic, the Far East, Africa, and Europe, the past speaksto the author in countless ways. Her poems reflect not merely alove of history but an intuitive, almost unconscious understandingof the deep resonance of how life once was.Her poems challenge readers to reflect on how we carry momentsthat still echo in ourselves. The past is not an isolated moment intime, but a lasting legacy of resilience and wisdom that helps usto shape our daily aspirations and identities. The past is withinus, and this collection focuses on reverence for the natural worldand the passing of time.