“Nothing took me off course, as there was no course.” The Strawberry Road takes readers on a circuitous journey with no definable route. The story includes the musings and observations of a wanderer contemplating their place in the vast universe. The book is partly poetry and partly elegant prose. For readers, the pace will be entirely self-dictated. Many experiences of the traveler on the road will merit deep contemplation. One stop on the trip is a visit to an unassuming pond. From the concentric ripples to the anticipation of the quenching nature of the cool water, many lessons can be gleaned.
Ritch Gaiti explores many weighty themes including fear and safety, the known and the unknown, and the passage time. What a beautiful and simultaneously terrifying notion, that time is a cannibal! Other concepts include the value of anticipation (hope), the finite nature of the past versus the unpredictability of the future, our relationships with others, and our very place in the world around us.
Readers looking for an interesting guide for meditation will enjoy the dual nature of The Strawberry Road. Ritch Gaiti masterfully navigates through heady questions climaxing with a rewarding conclusion.
