The Perfect Book For Reconnecting to Nature this Fall

Once Around the Sun is a richly textured celebration and guide to the deeply rooted, passionately inspired rituals connecting us to nature’s rhythms.

Once Around the Sun: Seasonal Rituals, Food, and Stories from a House Upstate by Lisa Przystup, with a foreword by Christene Barberich and photographs by Kate Foster and John Hesselbarth. Cover by The Monacelli Press

A love letter to the seasons, Once Around the Sun (The Monacelli Press) is a celebration of nature’s beauty year-round and reveals how to find inspiration in your surroundings and craft meaningful moments with your home as a canvas.

Author Lisa Przystup invites readers into her own home in the Western Catskills, where she has created rituals that reflect her environment: decorating with found materials, savoring seasonal ingredients, and gathering with loved ones around thoughtfully set tables. Using the four seasons as a framework, she provides a mindful guide to cultivating your own rituals across winter, spring, summer, and fall.

Filled with lush, atmospheric photography and hand-drawn illustrations that capture the quiet magic of life in the country, the book graciously reveals how to make every season one’s own.