It was to be just a weekend retreat, the cabin Radine Trees Nehring and her husband, John, built with their own hands on the land they bought in the Arkansas Ozarks. All they wanted was a once-a-week refuge from the stress and trials of life in the big city one hundred miles away. But the air, the forest, and the wildlife in the place they named Spring Hollow had a haunting magic they could never quite leave behind when they drove away every Sunday evening. The more they learned about the secrets of nature in their country hideaway, the more reluctant they became to depart from it. At last they realized that their hearts were always in Spring Hollow, and that was where they belonged too. They gave up their secure jobs to devote themselves full-time to tending and preserving the beautiful but fast-receding natural world they had come to cherish.

Dear Earth: A Love Letter from Spring Hollow is Radine Nehring's warm and moving story of coming home to the whole earth. It is a window on her special world in the heart of America, a gentle guidebook for everyone, everywhere, who has ever sought moments of wonder and closeness with the natural world—whether in the city or in the country. It is a joyful affirmation of her discovery that our earth is a home where we find comfort and love and a sharing of life—a home to be cherished with understanding and respect. Above all, it is the unforgettable story of awakening to and hope for the planet we live on.

Come...enter the world of Spring Hollow—and be changed by its magic forever...