In this collection of 40 essays, Meg Barnhouse writes about everyday events such as dropping stuff off at the thrift shop or watching TV with the kids--and she transforms them with her offbeat humor and infectious hopefulness. We meet characters like Julia Hill, who set up camp atop an old-growth redwood in order to stop the loggers: Maybe she's a saint. Maybe she's nuts. I don't have to decide. And Mike, who parks his Chevy Silverado in vacant...