![]() ![]() Friends, however, cannot save each other from the uncontained forces of nature. From the fox, she learned the single most important thing about loneliness: we are never alone when we are connected to the natural world. Her scientific training had taught her not to anthropomorphize animals, yet as she grew to know him, his personality revealed itself and they became friends. How do you even talk to a fox? She brought out her camping chair, sat as close to him as she dared, and began reading to him from The Little Prince. She had never had a regular visitor before. Then one day she realized that the mangy-looking fox she'd seen on her property was now showing up every afternoon at 4:15 p.m. ![]() In the meantime, she taught remotely and led field classes in nearby Yellowstone National Park. ![]() She was as emotionally isolated as she was physically, but she viewed the house as a way station, a temporary rest stop where she could gather her nerves and fill out applications for what she hoped would be a real job that would help her fit into society. ![]() When Catherine Raven finished her PhD in biology, she built herself a tiny cottage on an isolated plot of land in Montana. An unforgettable memoir about the friendship between a solitary woman and a wild fox. ![]()
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