Reed Ruddy L of the S The Puritan Reading of the New England Landscape

Reading about the Puritans worship of God through and with nature is a bit of a slow read, but the knowledge that can be taken from this is quite interesting. While going through the chapter the vivid descriptions of the water, sun, earth, and sky really cast a beautiful image of untouched wilderness prior to its inhabitance by humans. This portion of reading is sort of like the calm before the storm. Prior to a hurricane or bad storm in general you see the total beauty of a place along with obscure, pre-storm weather patterns that are beautiful yet ominous at the same time. Unfortunately, these last hours prior to the storm are the best it will be for awhile as they are the pre-storm warnings of what is to come. Once the storm hits, just like civilizaiton, things will never be the same again as the once untouched, unblemished wilderness will soon be changed and molded against its will and the will of its creator. This chapter was really interesting although a bit slow to read, but I really was intrigued by this 'calm before the storm' paragraph and that is why I chose to write my blog on it.