STAYING PUT: Making a Home in a...

STAYING PUT: Making a Home in a Restless World by Scott Russell Sanders (Beacon Press: $12; 224 pp.). The average American reportedly changes residences every seven years. Sanders, whose childhood home lies beneath an artificial lake, searches for a sense of connection to the land. He expands his reflections on his modest home in Indiana to encompass the idea of man’s role as steward of Earth. These warm, unpretentious meditations stress that familiarity with a specific place can instill a desire to care for that land and pass it on, unspoiled, to future generations.