tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56344695727494693422024-03-21T15:12:58.526-07:00The Nature Lover's Book ClubBucks County Audubon Society at Honey HollowThe Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-47786518010256770622023-08-30T06:38:00.005-07:002023-09-01T12:12:49.447-07:00Who Learns Will Love: The Story of Peace Valley Nature Center by C. Constable<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F3JSoopM2J-vLElF5iSqIsHE_wcjUHr8-iMmjk_63HrWDOzvbfI9QITks0qunzxYVmYwp_TXWlYBQxrJLcLCkTpA8z0kXiiso5Usze0Fgg3TlOiz4HTofBMKHUPU-jzY58diTu4hoJAJJujd0JT7xsvt1CtNhus5p2U_o-FTT899TMXEMPkbsW5iVtGc/s275/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F3JSoopM2J-vLElF5iSqIsHE_wcjUHr8-iMmjk_63HrWDOzvbfI9QITks0qunzxYVmYwp_TXWlYBQxrJLcLCkTpA8z0kXiiso5Usze0Fgg3TlOiz4HTofBMKHUPU-jzY58diTu4hoJAJJujd0JT7xsvt1CtNhus5p2U_o-FTT899TMXEMPkbsW5iVtGc/s1600/download.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Summary:</b> (Amazon)</div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">WHO LEARNS WILL LOVE anecdotally and pictorially recounts the tale of a determined, creative woman who establishes a Bucks County, PA nature center. Her enthusiasm ignites a love of nature in all who are around her. The early history, environmental education programs, wildlife, and children’s interactions with nature are included in this engaging chronicle of Peace Valley Nature Center.</span><p></p><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZgZFo-3GwW6tPKkhXF4NJAL0ZF_OsvVBtVRtymQCn_V9h7kq0ChzJNrhFC23sFToB0pawgbXBVkRj73E3q9yzN-GQ0_LzomJfHqFFr3nzAPhJsYKEOfISkt-hqKLidmHmK6FygvnlqVEu9f6n3sCMwqYn2jvi1an45Wi4SaxBmkPdByQjkSLmfiIGxvd/s240/download-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="240" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZgZFo-3GwW6tPKkhXF4NJAL0ZF_OsvVBtVRtymQCn_V9h7kq0ChzJNrhFC23sFToB0pawgbXBVkRj73E3q9yzN-GQ0_LzomJfHqFFr3nzAPhJsYKEOfISkt-hqKLidmHmK6FygvnlqVEu9f6n3sCMwqYn2jvi1an45Wi4SaxBmkPdByQjkSLmfiIGxvd/s1600/download-1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Carolyn with Corey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Peace Valley Nature Center Website</b>: <a href="https://www.peacevalleynaturecenter.org/">https://www.peacevalleynaturecenter.org/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Videos of PVNC:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Great Blue Heron: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S7uWuDRsb0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S7uWuDRsb0</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. In the Fall: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPQCeZxbnFE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPQCeZxbnFE</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Discussion Questions</b> (by Carolyn, who will lead the discussion) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYHYZ5dvLpCpaXVEMPuJAjDSCj75Wdf9ubvpm6lUOELrYOIqEUo1AZjeYTLalA4Qwi_M3ODGsyBRGfzLzjaIIL-MM9c_6-EO2RzjtrptVbsobk9H3nEN373OAKBvPU3IpJm_CiFPaYsksRCKYWyr6bEJP_tvC8nnadGNPRgOuiyEfhvhyxWX5ImxJr6-4K" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="936" height="573" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYHYZ5dvLpCpaXVEMPuJAjDSCj75Wdf9ubvpm6lUOELrYOIqEUo1AZjeYTLalA4Qwi_M3ODGsyBRGfzLzjaIIL-MM9c_6-EO2RzjtrptVbsobk9H3nEN373OAKBvPU3IpJm_CiFPaYsksRCKYWyr6bEJP_tvC8nnadGNPRgOuiyEfhvhyxWX5ImxJr6-4K=w434-h573" width="434" /></span></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-43216857690660583772023-08-02T05:58:00.006-07:002023-08-17T18:58:10.572-07:00Conversations with Birds by P. Kumar<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldIYgP9La3PtoGqrC9PjF7GdT4Nrf2DVfpLYNqjowT6cjYF4S4EeaK8XRyITbYth85f7jq-27YNvtjYIq-W2qzsejVPrkaajaUbOYSNOZrXagjdFqWfCTFILP6zUIiLFlJsLyQXwVXwUk-qIbu66e146oMtoGTAtsjv1xMu_w4a3f9WZPMTpKHv1LNoyR/s782/ConversationsWithBirds_300dpi_RGB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="506" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldIYgP9La3PtoGqrC9PjF7GdT4Nrf2DVfpLYNqjowT6cjYF4S4EeaK8XRyITbYth85f7jq-27YNvtjYIq-W2qzsejVPrkaajaUbOYSNOZrXagjdFqWfCTFILP6zUIiLFlJsLyQXwVXwUk-qIbu66e146oMtoGTAtsjv1xMu_w4a3f9WZPMTpKHv1LNoyR/s320/ConversationsWithBirds_300dpi_RGB.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Summary</b> (Milkweed Editions): <strong style="color: #353434;"><span style="font-family: times;">“Birds are my almanac. They tune me into the seasons, and into myself.”</span></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #353434; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;">So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar. Growing up at the feet of the Himalayas in northern India, Kumar took for granted her immersion in a lush natural world. After moving to North America as a teenager, she found herself increasingly distanced from more than human life and discouraged by the civilization she saw contributing to its destruction. It was only in her twenties, living in Los Angeles and working on films, that she began to rediscover her place in the landscape—and in the cosmos—by way of watching birds.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #353434; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Tracing her movements across the American West, this stirring collection of essays brings the avian world richly to life. Kumar’s perspective is not that of a list keeper, counting and cataloguing species. Rather, from the mango-colored western tanager that rescues her from a bout of altitude sickness in Sequoia National Park to ancient sandhill cranes in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, and from the snowy plovers building shallow nests with bits of shell and grass to the white-breasted nuthatch that regularly visits the apricot tree behind her family’s casita in Santa Fe, for Kumar, birds “become a portal to a more vivid, enchanted world.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #353434; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;">At a time when climate change, habitat loss, and the reckless use of pesticides are causing widespread extinction of species, Kumar’s reflections on these messengers from our distant past and harbingers of our future offer luminous evidence of her suggestion that “seeds of transformation lie dormant in all of our hearts. Sometimes it just takes the right bird to awaken us.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #353434; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Reviews: </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="color: #353434; font-family: times;">Kirkus Review: </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #353434; font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/priyanka-kumar/conversations-with-birds/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/priyanka-kumar/conversations-with-birds/</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="color: #353434; font-family: times;"><b>Publisher Site</b>: </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #353434; font-family: times;">https://milkweed.org/book/conversations-with-birds</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #353434; font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #353434; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_x-U-usBcNzqAiLpynhBvHXbu6XT0GfmwP__WJQvgMpMwsXS0jngVI87rK9caBbmiGEosKyskNHFJlz9PaOAB6Z7nobKXNKKk0Qj5WSuQiMSp3GI7hnVk2XfZR3NXugNYmpbLNgvKee3BueJn0bJMjGV_gcovWv_h9fo4psRSS1j3cU1_aDvMK7tyRW9/s225/download-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_x-U-usBcNzqAiLpynhBvHXbu6XT0GfmwP__WJQvgMpMwsXS0jngVI87rK9caBbmiGEosKyskNHFJlz9PaOAB6Z7nobKXNKKk0Qj5WSuQiMSp3GI7hnVk2XfZR3NXugNYmpbLNgvKee3BueJn0bJMjGV_gcovWv_h9fo4psRSS1j3cU1_aDvMK7tyRW9/s1600/download-1.jpg" width="225" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #353434; font-family: times;">(Amazon)</span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #353434; font-family: times;"><b>Interviews:</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #353434; font-family: times;">1. Utah Public Radio: </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #353434; font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.upr.org/show/access-utah/2022-10-18/conversations-with-birds-with-priyanka-kumar-on-tuesdays-access-utah">https://www.upr.org/show/access-utah/2022-10-18/conversations-with-birds-with-priyanka-kumar-on-tuesdays-access-utah</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">2. North Carolina Wildlife Federation: </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQeut7EsMac">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQeut7EsMac</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">3. Shondaland: <a href="https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/books/a41925066/conversations-with-birds-priyanka-kumar/">https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/books/a41925066/conversations-with-birds-priyanka-kumar/</a></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><b>Author's Movies and Shows: </b></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><i>The Song of the Little Road</i>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy3e_lzBI9Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy3e_lzBI9Y</a></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><i>Kaatrukkenna Veli</i>: <a href="https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/kaatrukkenna-veli/1260051971/list/episodes/t-1_2_3195">https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/kaatrukkenna-veli/1260051971/list/episodes/t-1_2_3195</a></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><b>Discussion Questions: </b>(Heidi to lead):</p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjthqDCdusIvkat0Kp-BgziwOUXfhEryYzfzh5lojviYU3UNb1NJnc94H50RIEhBgnxE6W27zIqactuNnT20lD1eVmMpJtGI_KIe--gbcnl0OST6GVhwV7BK2-nuqscW3UcOBGrPL1hTaIfSZlpxHHZMiTQeH9ruorMGbkHOBSU3P8PoGnaZ6tYtPWJp_ru" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="936" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjthqDCdusIvkat0Kp-BgziwOUXfhEryYzfzh5lojviYU3UNb1NJnc94H50RIEhBgnxE6W27zIqactuNnT20lD1eVmMpJtGI_KIe--gbcnl0OST6GVhwV7BK2-nuqscW3UcOBGrPL1hTaIfSZlpxHHZMiTQeH9ruorMGbkHOBSU3P8PoGnaZ6tYtPWJp_ru=w417-h508" width="417" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fuoIyN_VtG9jw0QeWormJev-XL9wpbiilFAr1JEUESBAVv4S1RYwQtVBn0VkNX6_thN4Gzc_CR-hxxH9DV1qb3yabQkJ9dwQFglNgGdgeuQ6LkdDIusFPKjyEg085p84wYX7_iZDeXL6_df5CaSw5CVJXwuADKFogLgFn3A45JJeNqzUf36wMluyMtvK/s259/download-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fuoIyN_VtG9jw0QeWormJev-XL9wpbiilFAr1JEUESBAVv4S1RYwQtVBn0VkNX6_thN4Gzc_CR-hxxH9DV1qb3yabQkJ9dwQFglNgGdgeuQ6LkdDIusFPKjyEg085p84wYX7_iZDeXL6_df5CaSw5CVJXwuADKFogLgFn3A45JJeNqzUf36wMluyMtvK/s1600/download-2.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Western Tanager - ebird)</div><div><br /></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.6667; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #353434; font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-40033513375856422712023-06-26T08:11:00.006-07:002023-07-22T18:31:25.118-07:00Notes on the Landscape of Home by Susan Shetterly<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D0pLA_HG0M7xXjJkgx1YBMaSYMlPL2zaiqt8l1JcXxohflJTJtfasdi7izhELOJzAFmq-tOOD3hwgZn8vgFOkB6Fvp8a5T7QG-WpE6orB5SVYc6Mr8jCTJFhoz--Nbel_-7BvMcBaH5WszjPm2nFONQM0HFZjx-vOBBfQ2hFWtSrJMbSNkYtaGH7FCMd/s262/download-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="192" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D0pLA_HG0M7xXjJkgx1YBMaSYMlPL2zaiqt8l1JcXxohflJTJtfasdi7izhELOJzAFmq-tOOD3hwgZn8vgFOkB6Fvp8a5T7QG-WpE6orB5SVYc6Mr8jCTJFhoz--Nbel_-7BvMcBaH5WszjPm2nFONQM0HFZjx-vOBBfQ2hFWtSrJMbSNkYtaGH7FCMd/s1600/download-1.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Amazon)</div><p><b>Su<span style="font-family: times;">mmary (</span></b><span style="font-family: times;">Good Reads): <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">“If you pay attention to the land where you live, you enter into conversation with it, until it becomes a voice inside you, and some of the boundaries between you and it dissolve,” write Susan Hand Shetterly. In this collection of elegant, spare, and often passionate essays, Shetterly explores what it is to live in a Down East coastal town, and to pay attention, over time, to what it offers of land, water, wildlife, and community. She takes her cue from Henry David Thoreau and Wendell Berry, who advocate for the virtues of staying in one place, believing that as we delve deeper into the landscape of home the more we learn about the world. As in many other places, this particular home place is in trouble. Shetterly celebrates the work of communities to restore environments their people know and love, and takes a closeup look at what is changing and what has been lost. Among her subjects are the reestablishment of the bald eagle, the reintroduction of the American turkey in Maine, and the turkey vulture’s northward trend. She also writes about shorebird migrations, the bluefin tuna and the humpback and right whales in the Gulf of Maine, counting alewives along a stream in the spring, seaweed cultivation in a bay, a forest’s rebirth, the island that gave her the imaginative space she needed, and more. She recounts how she and her neighbors kept each other company at a distance during the long months of the pandemic, and she celebrates coastal culture, its particular, deep history that anchors a person’s sense of place.</span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: times;">Review:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Wall Street Journal: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/notes-on-the-landscape-of-home-review-in-praise-of-local-wonders-11663281851">https://www.wsj.com/articles/notes-on-the-landscape-of-home-review-in-praise-of-local-wonders-11663281851</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Interview</b>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IFuKQozvTw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IFuKQozvTw</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Author's Website</b>: <a href="http://www.susanhandshetterly.com/recent-work-reviews/">http://www.susanhandshetterly.com/recent-work-reviews/</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBu9F3wJRUjoySjrC2LEPxHeuf6SP2x3JHQlRNWl-rqKY-n-3iRGPIRMbOQDE5OsZb5-c4vFuzDw7A8toYRFDgly_JDU8nk5vNodghfxcLo6XQJX-HyyMyvxngAuSQPWaydLH7Cr1Ycx3kGMHeJf61vVi0wrsitqNki3VcUsc5Ne2WYOGS1XtcHllF_jC/s259/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBu9F3wJRUjoySjrC2LEPxHeuf6SP2x3JHQlRNWl-rqKY-n-3iRGPIRMbOQDE5OsZb5-c4vFuzDw7A8toYRFDgly_JDU8nk5vNodghfxcLo6XQJX-HyyMyvxngAuSQPWaydLH7Cr1Ycx3kGMHeJf61vVi0wrsitqNki3VcUsc5Ne2WYOGS1XtcHllF_jC/s1600/download.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Wall Street Journal)</div><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Discussion Questions</b> (John will lead this discussion and here are his questions)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7sxPxkSTqsZyJaHIKogPsbi2jDUeRRo1NGcqaE73IIcH8ghVSPW2b8F95ppkVCy48X2j6u65fV2wUbdVpYTLYhFhQcWpw44EcZ7ua4RrDSm4HGPbb4x-mYbdeKOsAIf6i-MncsjX97qvnUlYJ5L6YTdRrhG6SPZD9YAk3b4l-t5D3POk6HNdpS9ZMkgnE" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="936" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7sxPxkSTqsZyJaHIKogPsbi2jDUeRRo1NGcqaE73IIcH8ghVSPW2b8F95ppkVCy48X2j6u65fV2wUbdVpYTLYhFhQcWpw44EcZ7ua4RrDSm4HGPbb4x-mYbdeKOsAIf6i-MncsjX97qvnUlYJ5L6YTdRrhG6SPZD9YAk3b4l-t5D3POk6HNdpS9ZMkgnE=w347-h390" width="347" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><div aria-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 20px; position: relative;"><br /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p></div>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-63487036029715904952023-06-04T17:17:00.006-07:002023-06-13T12:24:26.802-07:00Feb, Bog and Swamp by A. Proulx<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdokmzl1N8V-D8jbhG_7R-nJkKd7_LHQYU7gf9bkl7Nh2gumXfdacPPTCYo7GmYWOmd1QPoKLcVCHc8X82riYVsXx6g_gbABHrjLsnz4M5HeDMP8kwW-of7RsF1WxKP8NoDy3vsbf8otBEi7mqZmj0gvtDKtMVGGaBk0fGiguaYhqjLmmOrAF8rHomg/s288/images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="175" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdokmzl1N8V-D8jbhG_7R-nJkKd7_LHQYU7gf9bkl7Nh2gumXfdacPPTCYo7GmYWOmd1QPoKLcVCHc8X82riYVsXx6g_gbABHrjLsnz4M5HeDMP8kwW-of7RsF1WxKP8NoDy3vsbf8otBEi7mqZmj0gvtDKtMVGGaBk0fGiguaYhqjLmmOrAF8rHomg/w120-h197/images.jpg" width="120" /></a></div><p><b>Summary</b> (Amazon):</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: times; font-weight: 700;">From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx—whose novels are infused with her knowledge and deep concern for the earth—comes a riveting, revelatory history of our wetlands, their ecological role, and what their systematic destruction means for the planet.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">A lifelong environmentalist, Annie Proulx brings her wide-ranging research and scholarship to the subject of wetlands and the vitally important yet little understood role they play in preserving the environment—by storing the carbon emissions that greatly contribute to climate change. Fens, bogs, swamps, and marine estuaries are the earth’s most desirable and dependable resources, and in four stunning parts, Proulx documents the long-misunderstood role of these wetlands in saving the planet.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">Taking us on a fascinating journey through history, Proulx shows us the fens of 16th-century England to Canada’s Hudson Bay lowlands, Russia’s Great Vasyugan Mire, America’s Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, and the 19th-century explorers who began the destruction of the Amazon rain forest. Along the way, she writes of the diseases spawned in the wetlands—the Ague, malaria, Marsh Fever—and the surprisingly significant role of peat in industrialization.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">A sobering look at the degradation of wetlands over centuries and the serious ecological consequences, this is a stunningly important work and a rousing call to action by a writer whose passionate devotion to understanding and preserving the environment is on full and glorious display.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Interviews and Articles:</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: times;">NPR:<a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/11/1127959575/annie-proulx-book-wetlands"> </a></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/11/1127959575/annie-proulx-book-wetlands">https://www.npr.org/2022/10/11/1127959575/annie-proulx-book-wetlands</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Esquire: </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a41234182/annie-proulx-fen-bog-swamp-interview/">https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a41234182/annie-proulx-fen-bog-swamp-interview/</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Simon and Schuster Site about <b>Author</b>: </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Annie-Proulx/8544">https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Annie-Proulx/8544</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHcFEQyoYq1dzly-9hcLpMyBiArmjyhP4C8MXtlV036PgObirwIxEqaxxHv9RxyHoyhbYVVFlT3LXXj2jVXA0d69mWWrFMfryK159-bDsyGA00bZQbnD7MVRnBiIzwUl1RDIrprDS0Pi9CGIM496lvUbN_vT3JYX7KdZj8RhRkH_7fCSYniI1lewMQg/s1400/ap22104552747083_wide-45c348ec6b22d11bb12844c12fba74e283beb3f9-s1400-c100.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="1400" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHcFEQyoYq1dzly-9hcLpMyBiArmjyhP4C8MXtlV036PgObirwIxEqaxxHv9RxyHoyhbYVVFlT3LXXj2jVXA0d69mWWrFMfryK159-bDsyGA00bZQbnD7MVRnBiIzwUl1RDIrprDS0Pi9CGIM496lvUbN_vT3JYX7KdZj8RhRkH_7fCSYniI1lewMQg/s320/ap22104552747083_wide-45c348ec6b22d11bb12844c12fba74e283beb3f9-s1400-c100.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(NPR)</div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b>Discussion Questions:</b> (Anne will be leading and provided these questions)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW1npgTagHdYE-5h4qILVTNg-ymtW6HRHecJFokSqATur1ejWKe4Xh_G7qr1PY8JbymSsl0cVLqA-omO9Wn3oAp7_7hFA6vD-9-qRBZVoEUGOSyJDx3WTp2gsPwXufIDAHIR_ij7b4LV5eCtNowkXHwFyM-p7iq7OlpGPiqOWGdwXFSMSzkfDGkPx1kA" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="936" height="501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW1npgTagHdYE-5h4qILVTNg-ymtW6HRHecJFokSqATur1ejWKe4Xh_G7qr1PY8JbymSsl0cVLqA-omO9Wn3oAp7_7hFA6vD-9-qRBZVoEUGOSyJDx3WTp2gsPwXufIDAHIR_ij7b4LV5eCtNowkXHwFyM-p7iq7OlpGPiqOWGdwXFSMSzkfDGkPx1kA=w391-h501" width="391" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-8919406576457261942023-05-07T07:22:00.004-07:002023-05-21T20:02:42.348-07:00Lab Girl by Hope Jahren<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9GhU2FvtvSXXciIRiw_Zwdco5s3_eswiedrg4Y9eQY6Tm_Z96aDHmhLXtxrw1Jhw-dZb0kgDFW6zWAQkhSf4jXopC65Vd57MbkGl7hvDtuxlWpHjj4E-nDh-xmNRyyjsYATNrlcxqGSnqFXwYgi2GA1c5kYfVUgJK4GtS3hvFG0NNtn4vDE-CIMeNA/s279/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="181" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9GhU2FvtvSXXciIRiw_Zwdco5s3_eswiedrg4Y9eQY6Tm_Z96aDHmhLXtxrw1Jhw-dZb0kgDFW6zWAQkhSf4jXopC65Vd57MbkGl7hvDtuxlWpHjj4E-nDh-xmNRyyjsYATNrlcxqGSnqFXwYgi2GA1c5kYfVUgJK4GtS3hvFG0NNtn4vDE-CIMeNA/s1600/download.jpg" width="181" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Summary </b>(Good Reads): <span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also so much more.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" />Lab Girl</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"> is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren’s stories: about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom’s labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and learned to perform lab work done “with both the heart and the hands”; and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e1915; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">Yet at the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with a brilliant, wounded man named Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend. Their sometimes rogue adventures in science take them from the Midwest across the United States and back again, over the Atlantic to the ever-light skies of the North Pole and to tropical Hawaii, where she and her lab currently make their home.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmSDVLr8lDFeXTXim7VhPOue06ddpmt2DvtyA2BtczBcFuqyPTnJx-TCPKf4MttBu1phxNwp0cLjOv4j4RgflMAvDX6-6q8fN9le3pEi8tUl3YQv3sPepZWW5e6d2Ztzu0_qo9bbb2PUPLpvdJSjH5MGPSutNLB81rS_tZ-hhPXsmk5IQu93V8fCfOA/s272/download-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="272" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmSDVLr8lDFeXTXim7VhPOue06ddpmt2DvtyA2BtczBcFuqyPTnJx-TCPKf4MttBu1phxNwp0cLjOv4j4RgflMAvDX6-6q8fN9le3pEi8tUl3YQv3sPepZWW5e6d2Ztzu0_qo9bbb2PUPLpvdJSjH5MGPSutNLB81rS_tZ-hhPXsmk5IQu93V8fCfOA/s1600/download-1.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NY Times</div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Articles:</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;">NY Times: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/books/review/hope-jahrens-lab-girl.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/books/review/hope-jahrens-lab-girl.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><b>Author's Website</b>: </span></span><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: times;"><a href="http://jahrenlab.com/hope-jahren-background/">http://jahrenlab.com/hope-jahren-background/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Videos: </b></span></div><div><a href="https://bigthink.com/videos/hope-jahren-on-the-wisdom-of-plant-appreciation/"><span style="font-family: times;">https://bigthink.com/videos/hope-jahren-on-the-wisdom-of-plant-appreciation/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJa8dzBAhmY"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJa8dzBAhmY</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><b>Discussion Questions</b> (Bev will be leading the discussion and has provided the following questions)</span></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6c2oKaZ3Aq8x5mkaNP6U9gifevUuaT4GwSVXHDuD83p3XcRQ5Mqxlor1IT6VHunEJ0tFAlU13ydURNdZbuYSzlRyJZBrhFdWXGE_U27t44HyEOZR_f5B9pxhh7Bal0GrTjwGhmCSqth2agL7o4ye0UpEpFhmjcjg2bmX9Y376zBGbJ8_dKbU24NlrHQ" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="936" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6c2oKaZ3Aq8x5mkaNP6U9gifevUuaT4GwSVXHDuD83p3XcRQ5Mqxlor1IT6VHunEJ0tFAlU13ydURNdZbuYSzlRyJZBrhFdWXGE_U27t44HyEOZR_f5B9pxhh7Bal0GrTjwGhmCSqth2agL7o4ye0UpEpFhmjcjg2bmX9Y376zBGbJ8_dKbU24NlrHQ=w424-h439" width="424" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span></div>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-40140843283313132432023-03-31T13:48:00.001-07:002023-04-23T06:23:11.268-07:00Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World by O. Milman<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlYcy1Np__z_7tb7dhrASwryoYJkGmNm9N2utvXHbJcUjjSJ0nxZiwEOrqVsng43Pu0lmeBfAVqPpuPbyeon4eY8rGoRj-Sis5JgZtcuXDZz_uIkmMwqoyLOe8VLOSg-6IrASEqO7hpT3QTFvxPRDKGXcfPuYQCnytNk9SQpHIQWjcxXDxe2duWr2n2w/s280/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="180" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlYcy1Np__z_7tb7dhrASwryoYJkGmNm9N2utvXHbJcUjjSJ0nxZiwEOrqVsng43Pu0lmeBfAVqPpuPbyeon4eY8rGoRj-Sis5JgZtcuXDZz_uIkmMwqoyLOe8VLOSg-6IrASEqO7hpT3QTFvxPRDKGXcfPuYQCnytNk9SQpHIQWjcxXDxe2duWr2n2w/s1600/download.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><b>Summary: (Amazon)</b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: times;">A devastating examination of how collapsing insect populations worldwide threaten everything from wild birds to the food on our plate.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere. Three out of every four of our planet’s known animal species are insects. In </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">The Insect Crisis</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">, acclaimed journalist Oliver Milman dives into the torrent of recent evidence that suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential crisis in its remarkable 400-million-year history. What is causing the collapse of the insect world? Why does this alarming decline pose such a threat to us? And what can be done to stem the loss of the miniature empires that hold aloft life as we know it?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">With urgency and great clarity, Milman explores this hidden emergency, arguing that its consequences could even rival climate change. He joins the scientists tracking the decline of insect populations across the globe, including the soaring mountains of Mexico that host an epic, yet dwindling, migration of monarch butterflies; the verdant countryside of England that has been emptied of insect life; the gargantuan fields of U.S. agriculture that have proved a killing ground for bees; and an offbeat experiment in Denmark that shows there aren’t that many bugs splattering into your car windshield these days. These losses not only further tear at the tapestry of life on our degraded planet; they imperil everything we hold dear, from the food on our supermarket shelves to the medicines in our cabinets to the riot of nature that thrills and enlivens us. Even insects we may dread, including the hated cockroach, or the stinging wasp, play crucial ecological roles, and their decline would profoundly shape our own story.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">By connecting butterfly and bee, moth and beetle from across the globe, the full scope of loss renders a portrait of a crisis that threatens to upend the workings of our collective history. Part warning, part celebration of the incredible variety of insects, </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">The Insect Crisis</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> is a wake-up call for us all.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4I9u9x6i9iHLnaRGmMk1c78OwNEKIb_mmgFk2AgXg9Gh5ddfBHwmHmWzaKgkH0TMRzMUwmSz7n2UpIROrRph3EKh5d8YPikKw_oHI1TGssJ5ejnbx97YjW8kOc40X5_r62Vusd6Ks6wOgTVfFvNVoykavP_EEoWu4XSd5SSdpPw1im7SoWnr7MgScQ/s1769/IMG_7668.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1769" data-original-width="1714" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4I9u9x6i9iHLnaRGmMk1c78OwNEKIb_mmgFk2AgXg9Gh5ddfBHwmHmWzaKgkH0TMRzMUwmSz7n2UpIROrRph3EKh5d8YPikKw_oHI1TGssJ5ejnbx97YjW8kOc40X5_r62Vusd6Ks6wOgTVfFvNVoykavP_EEoWu4XSd5SSdpPw1im7SoWnr7MgScQ/s320/IMG_7668.JPG" width="310" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: times;">Author's Website: </span></b><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://olivermilman.com/">https://olivermilman.com/</a></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: times;">Articles:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">NPR: <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/24/1082752634/the-insect-crisis-oliver-milman">https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/24/1082752634/the-insect-crisis-oliver-milman</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Science News: <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/insect-crisis-book-threats-population-decline-problem">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/insect-crisis-book-threats-population-decline-problem</a></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: times;">Videos:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiD78aRDtCA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiD78aRDtCA</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWQ8DH0UHlQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWQ8DH0UHlQ</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Discussion Questions:</b> (John will lead the discussion and provided the questions)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m6K3_lDsLK5ta952jZ9Xwm0opza7mQJUs5PLv1lhs3owAPyi8G5rGzOR_ghCwjn05gOr20hgmYpi7Wj9-5ksowxOH0F7zweaDnsCZ19YgHD4h-D69zbr65QpjbVL7z5wYgMJbf-Qz-Q4WQ6jtWNFoU3jMnYG3nLyweU_ivjJeAIRNgstA09WwWom8A/w361-h240/IMG_1801.JPG" width="361" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-44798156006681261102023-03-03T17:36:00.002-08:002023-03-19T09:01:54.594-07:00Prayers from the Ark and The Creatures' Choir by C. Bernos de Gasztold<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pDdfvBVS-348ijPwPHEz7VblLWJgtD3Y2qxBpazyUOeqK0Lg-kWaGloZ2nDPNNlAiMKO7oaJ8X7j0NWnG_oeNlJmo_oINSjWrJ5ZCKJNRHG0ObGTV3lmPR73JQgFBlFzMe0m4fN1TYX1uvNGxliAVtsEYLwHTDWDuBdydnh5c3psVTMRjgjLuCJBzQ/s500/41GokFrmAbL._SX403_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="405" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pDdfvBVS-348ijPwPHEz7VblLWJgtD3Y2qxBpazyUOeqK0Lg-kWaGloZ2nDPNNlAiMKO7oaJ8X7j0NWnG_oeNlJmo_oINSjWrJ5ZCKJNRHG0ObGTV3lmPR73JQgFBlFzMe0m4fN1TYX1uvNGxliAVtsEYLwHTDWDuBdydnh5c3psVTMRjgjLuCJBzQ/s320/41GokFrmAbL._SX403_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Amazon)</div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Summary</b> (Amazon):</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: times;">These prayers were first published, in French, in 1947 by a private press. Rumer Godden discovered a volume of them and translated them into English. The poem-prayers are at once reverent, humorous, realistic and concise.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Information about author</b>:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Bernos_de_Gasztold"> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Bernos_de_Gasztold</a></span></span></p><p><b>Reviews:</b></p><p><a href="https://rachelhackenberg.com/prayers-from-the-ark-book-review/">https://rachelhackenberg.com/prayers-from-the-ark-book-review/</a></p><p><a href="http://tonymusings.blogspot.com/2017/05/prayers-from-ark.html">http://tonymusings.blogspot.com/2017/05/prayers-from-ark.html</a></p><p><b>Music</b></p><p>The Poems set to music:<a href="https://www.gwynethwalker.com/pdf/pfta.pdf">https://www.gwynethwalker.com/pdf/pfta.pdf</a></p><p>The Prayer of the Mouse by Grace Immaculata: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKI2Rv5Gjhw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKI2Rv5Gjhw</a></p><p><b>Articles:</b></p><p><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41386433">https://www.jstor.org/stable/41386433</a></p><p><b>Access:</b></p><p>Download through library or school: <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41386433">https://www.jstor.org/stable/41386433</a></p><p><b>Discussion Questions</b> (from Jan C.)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtel87Ksuf8qEB8oKIrllVTPHGRvTpIX9rzdpeWfHubeDBfDV8oF04zMOLGLm0PCTB_tvV__nJWiEkYy14CMGqqI5CR6OWa6tjoQtGrFOSzyHUS7yMpaPc-wiLNc5VJW-sC_MLqOiLDiiLjynyrlHSDBZogtzTOWehOqnwcFvZc0rANwufRVWfiB8www" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="936" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtel87Ksuf8qEB8oKIrllVTPHGRvTpIX9rzdpeWfHubeDBfDV8oF04zMOLGLm0PCTB_tvV__nJWiEkYy14CMGqqI5CR6OWa6tjoQtGrFOSzyHUS7yMpaPc-wiLNc5VJW-sC_MLqOiLDiiLjynyrlHSDBZogtzTOWehOqnwcFvZc0rANwufRVWfiB8www=w418-h464" width="418" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-87128568322208941342023-01-31T14:35:00.004-08:002023-02-16T09:07:42.581-08:00Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood by T. Masear<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ItJOAIT1LCHduQSSSQETjd6RN2XKY5k0j1AtJyMNlRyjHOVJ19sQTZNzs1vH8On7XqdM2S0lARtzp0vB_I3D1I3BC6fzX4i4bzsrFax6Avb3lWqoRZ74prd8pz1Kab7xPVATaj_AN8jiQ_gUhWacmNFOAxVc7IYTWA3mZlK-LuYfkQm9IeDWpaOG0A/s800/Image%201-31-23%20at%205.20%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ItJOAIT1LCHduQSSSQETjd6RN2XKY5k0j1AtJyMNlRyjHOVJ19sQTZNzs1vH8On7XqdM2S0lARtzp0vB_I3D1I3BC6fzX4i4bzsrFax6Avb3lWqoRZ74prd8pz1Kab7xPVATaj_AN8jiQ_gUhWacmNFOAxVc7IYTWA3mZlK-LuYfkQm9IeDWpaOG0A/s320/Image%201-31-23%20at%205.20%20PM.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Summary</b><span> (Amazon): </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">A heartwarming account of the trials and triumphs a Hollywood hummingbird rehabber encounters while caring for her tiny, fragile patients.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">Before he collided with a limousine, Gabriel, an Anna’s hummingbird with a head and throat cloaked in iridescent magenta feathers, could spiral 130 feet in the air, dive 60 miles per hour in a courtship display, hover, and fly backward.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When he arrived in rehab caked in road grime, he was so badly injured that he could barely perch. But Terry Masear, one of the busiest hummingbird rehabbers in the country, was determined to save this damaged bird, who seemed oddly familiar.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />During the four months that Terry worked with Gabriel, she took in 160 hummingbirds, from a miniature nestling rescued by a bulldog and a fledgling trapped inside a skydiving wind tunnel at Universal CityWalk, to Pepper, a female Anna’s injured on a film set. In their time together, Pepper and Gabriel form a special bond and, together, with Terry’s help, learn to fly again.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Woven around Gabriel’s and Pepper’s stories are those of other colorful birds in this personal narrative filled with the science and magic surrounding these fascinating creatures.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><b>Reviews:</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">1. Kirkus Reviews: </span></span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/terry-masear/fastest-things-on-wings/?page=17">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/terry-masear/fastest-things-on-wings/?page=17</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">2. LA Times: </span></span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-terry-masear-20150628-story.html">https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-terry-masear-20150628-story.html</a></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: times;">Interviews:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">1. h<a href="ttps://behindeveryday.com/fastest-things-on-wings/">ttps://behindeveryday.com/fastest-things-on-wings/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqctVIQh00c">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqctVIQh00c</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8yvzgMT2zkl0gZeeNnKCz2E5F_a7V3AR4rhOj2LO8u3TvFq7pVaFezoaCMRY_DiYwr4a7ICmm1rQsJWTDiSAuecbdv_xlCCyMVPirVVu3_hJdGACUYPajjKc5odMFK9ElFOMw_v0agrGMnkwW7SP6Tt7NK4YsKJse-1F2IKTJJmw1lelY46mKJ8oBQ/s200/download-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8yvzgMT2zkl0gZeeNnKCz2E5F_a7V3AR4rhOj2LO8u3TvFq7pVaFezoaCMRY_DiYwr4a7ICmm1rQsJWTDiSAuecbdv_xlCCyMVPirVVu3_hJdGACUYPajjKc5odMFK9ElFOMw_v0agrGMnkwW7SP6Tt7NK4YsKJse-1F2IKTJJmw1lelY46mKJ8oBQ/w228-h228/download-1.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Goodreads)</div><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Author's website</b>: <a href="https://www.losangeleshummingbirdrescue.org/">https://www.losangeleshummingbirdrescue.org/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>National Audubon Article:</b> <a href="https://www.audubon.org/news/excerpt-fastest-things-wings">https://www.audubon.org/news/excerpt-fastest-things-wings</a></span></p><p><b>Hummingbirds of North America:</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.thespruce.com/hummingbirds-of-north-america-4121900">https://www.thespruce.com/hummingbirds-of-north-america-4121900</a></li><li><a href="https://birdfeederhub.com/types-of-hummingbirds/">https://birdfeederhub.com/types-of-hummingbirds/</a></li><li><a href="https://abcbirds.org/blog21/types-of-hummingbirds/">https://abcbirds.org/blog21/types-of-hummingbirds/</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Hummingbird Webcams: </b></p><p>1. Aryana Hummingbird: <a href="https://explore.org/livecams/hummingbirds/aryana-hummingbird?gclid=Cj0KCQiAxbefBhDfARIsAL4XLRp3DkBeRvPDuY84coC8P5NOz6rrGalEPfba9YxEFB74edT5B6gOdJgaAvoQEALw_wcB">https://explore.org/livecams/hummingbirds/aryana-hummingbird?gclid=Cj0KCQiAxbefBhDfARIsAL4XLRp3DkBeRvPDuY84coC8P5NOz6rrGalEPfba9YxEFB74edT5B6gOdJgaAvoQEALw_wcB</a></p><p>2. Bella Hummingbird: <a href="https://www.bellahummingbird.com/">https://www.bellahummingbird.com/</a></p><p>3. Hummingbirdspot: <a href="https://www.hummingbirdspot.com/live-cam">https://www.hummingbirdspot.com/live-cam</a></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Discussion Questions:</b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJzZrJIEkoU6PWy6HyROyIUHGEG5DBdL9LOFDaZz5EdsEj9mZESMZ2SRw4fkUaEellTKzj0T_w-o1NuCCDPItwEWtLafQ0EVN7TNw6MlusvHzVcIgtmHLJBrDP6tRHSQJloXpDN-Sw_lqD14nDcMkGCVYoqULY661MsPucIzgUvhDBZMZUUEtxM41sVw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="936" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJzZrJIEkoU6PWy6HyROyIUHGEG5DBdL9LOFDaZz5EdsEj9mZESMZ2SRw4fkUaEellTKzj0T_w-o1NuCCDPItwEWtLafQ0EVN7TNw6MlusvHzVcIgtmHLJBrDP6tRHSQJloXpDN-Sw_lqD14nDcMkGCVYoqULY661MsPucIzgUvhDBZMZUUEtxM41sVw=w513-h481" width="513" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzxFEijkLbljwlMD4SsSgWx6p3IYr5FJmiNzwYRpZBDqMJTGwjojMj1qm5Tx4uNStocDNILxbX_fBPvjV2JPg47j-ziHbfuNZHTL0yPR_KSHqmjSZkdHKQ8VnVB8w6Em3-tgVLtPp0Rj8_5rBGgekE8GX1kwit6XHoYctiAVMlg6cen-7iZi3vyB3DQ/s275/download-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzxFEijkLbljwlMD4SsSgWx6p3IYr5FJmiNzwYRpZBDqMJTGwjojMj1qm5Tx4uNStocDNILxbX_fBPvjV2JPg47j-ziHbfuNZHTL0yPR_KSHqmjSZkdHKQ8VnVB8w6Em3-tgVLtPp0Rj8_5rBGgekE8GX1kwit6XHoYctiAVMlg6cen-7iZi3vyB3DQ/s1600/download-2.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(LA Times)</div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-62592695973823445742022-11-30T12:30:00.006-08:002023-02-23T14:35:41.109-08:00Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis by E. Cirino<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSZI4ii5tiEkDgoTtZ28lNJ5nZaYjPe14bQcl3kbHtGeOAq8znFfPDP9613Ye18930BMvvO9gYYrdJrGygJbu59plo-YKBacKi43_ULxEwG9AyR1guwa0Yju3Mx3gB8BpDkGavhGcCFBijs6wOqFYlqO7NaJkYLv6w1Edss9Y-MS7rLRXKBxrEHbsBg/s275/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSZI4ii5tiEkDgoTtZ28lNJ5nZaYjPe14bQcl3kbHtGeOAq8znFfPDP9613Ye18930BMvvO9gYYrdJrGygJbu59plo-YKBacKi43_ULxEwG9AyR1guwa0Yju3Mx3gB8BpDkGavhGcCFBijs6wOqFYlqO7NaJkYLv6w1Edss9Y-MS7rLRXKBxrEHbsBg/s1600/download.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Summary </b>(Island Press): </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(63, 63, 63, 0.85); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Much of what you’ve heard about plastic pollution may be wrong. Instead of a great island of trash, the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of manmade debris spread over hundreds of miles of sea—more like a soup than a floating garbage dump. Recycling is more complicated than we were taught: less than nine percent of the plastic we create is reused, and the majority ends up in the ocean. And plastic pollution isn’t confined to the open ocean: it’s in much of the air we breathe and the food we eat.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(63, 63, 63, 0.85); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">In <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis</i>, journalist Erica Cirino brings readers on a globe-hopping journey to meet the scientists and activists telling the real story of the plastic crisis. From the deck of a plastic-hunting sailboat with a disabled engine, to the labs doing cutting-edge research on microplastics and the chemicals we ingest, Cirino paints a full picture of how plastic pollution is threatening wildlife and human health. <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Thicker Than Water</i> reveals that the plastic crisis is also a tale of environmental injustice, as poorer nations take in a larger share of the world’s trash, and manufacturing chemicals threaten predominantly Black and low-income communities. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(63, 63, 63, 0.85); line-height: 1.8em; margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">There is some hope on the horizon, with new laws banning single-use items and technological innovations to replace plastic in our lives. But Cirino shows that we can only fix the problem if we face its full scope and begin to repair our throwaway culture. <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Thicker Than Water</i> is an eloquent call to reexamine the systems churning out waves of plastic waste. </span></p><p><b>Reviews:</b></p><p>1. Bioneers: <a href="https://bioneers.org/thicker-than-water-the-quest-for-solution-to-the-plastic-crisis-erica-cirino-ze0z2204/">https://bioneers.org/thicker-than-water-the-quest-for-solution-to-the-plastic-crisis-erica-cirino-ze0z2204/</a></p><p>2. Greenhouse Think Tank: <a href="https://www.greenhousethinktank.org/thicker-than-water-the-quest-for-solutions-to-the-plastic-crisis/">https://www.greenhousethinktank.org/thicker-than-water-the-quest-for-solutions-to-the-plastic-crisis/</a></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Interviews/Videos/Articles:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">1. Island Press: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwWHkmZ0liw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwWHkmZ0liw</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">2. Plant Paradigm: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcN6f65JjQw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcN6f65JjQw</a></span></p><p>3. Delaware Valley University: One Health Series: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqv79ZP1C78">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqv79ZP1C78</a></p><p>4. Ocean Clean-up Project: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ocean-cleanup-device-removed-plastic-pacific-garbage-patch-2021-10">https://www.businessinsider.com/ocean-cleanup-device-removed-plastic-pacific-garbage-patch-2021-10</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPV8sRFANU4CSqZ2pX9mH-PvOX_mGZO6lKLL5_e59Fs0jz80klDIGzEj58Ln_JbL4z5XMWlz0koz1ReVNMYr8gFEesznfkJNx7Ud3wxWOjs3soWyuWc8UC16yo0AiSkmFBI6z9Y4Ek00kkggpvsQeEwsIF564WLPx1rklDGiOvXVHrMjZUCxCAQ0Yjjg/s275/download-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPV8sRFANU4CSqZ2pX9mH-PvOX_mGZO6lKLL5_e59Fs0jz80klDIGzEj58Ln_JbL4z5XMWlz0koz1ReVNMYr8gFEesznfkJNx7Ud3wxWOjs3soWyuWc8UC16yo0AiSkmFBI6z9Y4Ek00kkggpvsQeEwsIF564WLPx1rklDGiOvXVHrMjZUCxCAQ0Yjjg/s1600/download-2.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><p><b>Center for Biological Diversity Articles </b>by Author: <a href="https://therevelator.org/author/erica-cirino/">https://therevelator.org/author/erica-cirino/</a></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>National Audubon Society Articles </b>by Author: <a href="https://www.audubon.org/content/erica-cirino">https://www.audubon.org/content/erica-cirino</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Inspirations to reduce SUP use:</b></span></p><div><span style="font-family: times;">1. The Ocean Clean-up: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://theoceancleanup.com/&source=gmail&ust=1677278035348000&usg=AOvVaw3RKF-sV-8YHofK_J2FQtRa" href="https://theoceancleanup.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://theoceancleanup.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">2. <i>How to Give Up on Plastics</i> by Will McCallum: </span><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/607258/how-to-give-up-plastic-by-will-mccallum/">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/607258/how-to-give-up-plastic-by-will-mccallum/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">3. Bucks Audubon's Advocacy Committee has focused on this issue and created come blog posts to educate and inspire:</span></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogbcas.wordpress.com/2021/05/26/recycling-plastics-1-and-2/&source=gmail&ust=1677278035348000&usg=AOvVaw3yLCIOKP2Sj3X6taxP0bEi" href="https://blogbcas.wordpress.com/2021/05/26/recycling-plastics-1-and-2/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://blogbcas.wordpress.<wbr></wbr>com/2021/05/26/recycling-<wbr></wbr>plastics-1-and-2/</a></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogbcas.wordpress.com/2020/12/02/saving-and-recycling-plastic/&source=gmail&ust=1677278035348000&usg=AOvVaw1Cq5bLzlyu61sPh39tlpEc" href="https://blogbcas.wordpress.com/2020/12/02/saving-and-recycling-plastic/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: times;">https://blogbcas.wordpress.<wbr></wbr>com/2020/12/02/saving-and-<wbr></wbr>recycling-plastic/</span></a></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogbcas.wordpress.com/2021/01/12/adding-refuse-to-the-reduce-reuse-recycle-mantra/&source=gmail&ust=1677278035348000&usg=AOvVaw2nFL_SHgL1DKUIA-w0EWb6" href="https://blogbcas.wordpress.com/2021/01/12/adding-refuse-to-the-reduce-reuse-recycle-mantra/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: times;">https://blogbcas.wordpress.<wbr></wbr>com/2021/01/12/adding-refuse-<wbr></wbr>to-the-reduce-reuse-recycle-<wbr></wbr>mantra/</span></a></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: times;">h<a style="color: #222222;">ttps://blogbcas.wordpress.<wbr></wbr>com/2020/09/18/reducing-<wbr></wbr>consumption-of-single-use-<wbr></wbr>plastics/</a><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogbcas.wordpress.com/2020/08/13/no-plastic-nancy-edition-1/&source=gmail&ust=1677278035348000&usg=AOvVaw04a6dJvzvEds1097V2fdkg" href="https://blogbcas.wordpress.com/2020/08/13/no-plastic-nancy-edition-1/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://blogbcas.wordpress.<wbr></wbr>com/2020/08/13/no-plastic-<wbr></wbr>nancy-edition-1/</a><br /></span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogbcas.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/beyond-single-use-plastic/&source=gmail&ust=1677278035348000&usg=AOvVaw0H46lr5DBdPaeTTiYrWUJo" href="https://blogbcas.wordpress.com/2020/10/30/beyond-single-use-plastic/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: times;">https://blogbcas.wordpress.<wbr></wbr>com/2020/10/30/beyond-single-<wbr></wbr>use-plastic/</span></a></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">4. <span style="color: #202124;">Pennsylvania's constitution contains the strongest environmental rights amendment in the country. </span><b style="color: #202124;">Article 1, Section 27 says “The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment</b><span style="color: #202124;">.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: times;">5. Considering investments based on company's environmental impact (ESG rating) - here's an example: </span></span></div><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.fool.com/investing/stock-market/types-of-stocks/esg-investing/esg-stocks/&source=gmail&ust=1677278035348000&usg=AOvVaw1aEdMg-RHb9yfZtJ0u9-sS" href="https://www.fool.com/investing/stock-market/types-of-stocks/esg-investing/esg-stocks/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: times;">https://www.fool.com/<wbr></wbr>investing/stock-market/types-<wbr></wbr>of-stocks/esg-investing/esg-<wbr></wbr>stocks/</span></a></div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></div><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Discussion Questions:</b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQkueWSKaJKs0tSFDiyjxNfmUk5pju6788PRHa83C_JZdNxOcTvmu3gzybIIYGKwyktND0zzhboybv3L6_rPPB8CJSf7NQkCJfnBfhLDUg1i5AtNMwByqKYh5DGx0zO5MFPeWc9K-2xGxt2A6JGRHWcDYHpE7ta1OER60DnA78ynDkaZxpkkA1cos_nw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="936" height="519" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQkueWSKaJKs0tSFDiyjxNfmUk5pju6788PRHa83C_JZdNxOcTvmu3gzybIIYGKwyktND0zzhboybv3L6_rPPB8CJSf7NQkCJfnBfhLDUg1i5AtNMwByqKYh5DGx0zO5MFPeWc9K-2xGxt2A6JGRHWcDYHpE7ta1OER60DnA78ynDkaZxpkkA1cos_nw=w428-h519" width="428" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOmDbGl5yFQffr7GCiK8u8yoVUkhLaJZFZ1oW_-vUjkrHNt8fU0WxDn6N5kq00XZejkLqMxLCq657VezH7CUtwNGMX2Li1kgKv_kV6Qn9_82SIUFW8MppMvEgh4LL6wknpmm3VB16l_euPNR9fCgxhqhCnjwM6rn_j3ifmLl9yOnxYuDM-T4F_JJr7Q/s300/download-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOmDbGl5yFQffr7GCiK8u8yoVUkhLaJZFZ1oW_-vUjkrHNt8fU0WxDn6N5kq00XZejkLqMxLCq657VezH7CUtwNGMX2Li1kgKv_kV6Qn9_82SIUFW8MppMvEgh4LL6wknpmm3VB16l_euPNR9fCgxhqhCnjwM6rn_j3ifmLl9yOnxYuDM-T4F_JJr7Q/s1600/download-3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Revelator: <a href="https://therevelator.org/plastic-pollution-warnings/">https://therevelator.org/plastic-pollution-warnings/</a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-60656356384343011182022-11-02T13:36:00.002-07:002022-11-11T06:33:54.943-08:00Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land by N. Momaday<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8qELFq57srwpV4qoOEb-uXPgAh64-_EajuhwrhSV3znu2bPs98AuM7mWOPDSpUbM3ezoLcpyCSiwetLj203AN_ub5jwADWsfQvfiWDKRM0zM4n0YpQ_mVTfLV6FhHxaT29Y5b1D_X14r1SU6_L0XGIJaq-vZ3s1yyNCfgELSKzT_jw90XTzdY_XqiQ/s268/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="188" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8qELFq57srwpV4qoOEb-uXPgAh64-_EajuhwrhSV3znu2bPs98AuM7mWOPDSpUbM3ezoLcpyCSiwetLj203AN_ub5jwADWsfQvfiWDKRM0zM4n0YpQ_mVTfLV6FhHxaT29Y5b1D_X14r1SU6_L0XGIJaq-vZ3s1yyNCfgELSKzT_jw90XTzdY_XqiQ/s1600/download.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Kirkus Reviews)</div><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Summary</b> (HarperCollins) <span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">One of the most distinguished voices in American letters, N. Scott Momaday has devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving Native American culture, especially its oral tradition. A member of the Kiowa tribe, Momaday was born in Lawton, Oklahoma and grew up on Navajo, Apache, and Peublo reservations throughout the Southwest. It is a part of the earth he knows well and loves deeply.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Earth Keeper,</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> he reflects on his native ground and its influence on his people. “When I think about my life and the lives of my ancestors," he writes, "I am inevitably led to the conviction that I, and they, </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">belong</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> to the American land. This is a declaration of belonging. And it is an offering to the earth.” </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">In this wise and wonderous work, Momaday shares stories and memories throughout his life, stories that have been passed down through generations, stories that reveal a profound spiritual connection to the American landscape and reverence for the natural world. He offers an homage and a warning. He shows us that the earth is a sacred place of wonder and beauty, a source of strength and healing that must be honored and protected before it’s too late. As he so eloquently and simply reminds us, we must all be keepers of the earth.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">Reviews:</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kirkus Reviews: <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/n-scott-momaday/earth-keeper/#">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/n-scott-momaday/earth-keeper/#</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paris Review: <a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/11/02/we-must-keep-the-earth/">https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/11/02/we-must-keep-the-earth/</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">Interviews and Videos:</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">1. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=2295298993947395">https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=2295298993947395</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">2. CS Monitor: <a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2020/1124/Q-A-with-N.-Scott-Momaday-author-of-Earth-Keeper">https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2020/1124/Q-A-with-N.-Scott-Momaday-author-of-Earth-Keeper</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBjkh3zxDkLJUXaC5c1LzglMDTkAvwrVcP4KY7n0OeHWTcGWldknbwM80UwcIM3Vwh_iHKM-YbzV-ethZcZQquYoFTur-EtDAk7OEFl6md9KCE6OCr6NVPyRlJvH00Ku3pB9WnLEvzrfwH7gYdFOPUN0CZAOx9AmIq_rMVzKo0iF1H5SD5FnMdX14Fw/s225/images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBjkh3zxDkLJUXaC5c1LzglMDTkAvwrVcP4KY7n0OeHWTcGWldknbwM80UwcIM3Vwh_iHKM-YbzV-ethZcZQquYoFTur-EtDAk7OEFl6md9KCE6OCr6NVPyRlJvH00Ku3pB9WnLEvzrfwH7gYdFOPUN0CZAOx9AmIq_rMVzKo0iF1H5SD5FnMdX14Fw/s1600/images.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(caa.com)</div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>About the Author</b>: <a href="https://poets.org/poet/n-scott-momaday">https://poets.org/poet/n-scott-momaday</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">Discussion Questions: (John will be leading the discussion)</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">1. What does the author mean by “Earth Keeper”? How does he see his relationship</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">to Earth?</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">2. Who is Dragonfly? What does he represent?</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">3. What does the recurring story of the woman with the beautiful dress represent?</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">4. What are the “farthest camps”? Where are they?</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">5. What does the author mean by saying “the Earth is alive and sacred”? What does</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">he say about those who deny this (p. 59)?</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">6. The author says it’s human nature to pray. What was his prayer? (P. 63)</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">7. What were your favorite passages? Why?</span></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-3523326491194720962022-09-24T18:03:00.004-07:002022-10-21T11:25:43.613-07:00Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raises Families, Creates Beauty and Achieve Peace by C. Safina<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5Le64SJbEP5a7QN75dCjtXv1KT9lyJM2igbZTb3-XMKQnhsZkkEcfs443TKH0h0a3PO3Hs1DUrGtvyFqwxTjdKZZgAS1gvli-LLcewaCRZ5PVc0D25kvD97gB5_CD5NJhKMqQ4s8Hg5KeDddenQXc-vYU1tzURjraSr8DJpPl4a1kk8k0mZQdv3edw/s277/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="182" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5Le64SJbEP5a7QN75dCjtXv1KT9lyJM2igbZTb3-XMKQnhsZkkEcfs443TKH0h0a3PO3Hs1DUrGtvyFqwxTjdKZZgAS1gvli-LLcewaCRZ5PVc0D25kvD97gB5_CD5NJhKMqQ4s8Hg5KeDddenQXc-vYU1tzURjraSr8DJpPl4a1kk8k0mZQdv3edw/s1600/download.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>Summary </b>(Amazon): <span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">Some believe that culture is strictly a human phenomenon. But this book reveals cultures of other-than-human beings in some of Earth’s remaining wild places. It shows how if you’re a sperm whale, a scarlet macaw, or a chimpanzee, you too come to understand yourself as an individual within a particular community that does things in specific ways, that has </span><span class="a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;">traditions</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">. Alongside genes, culture is a second form of inheritance, passed through generations as pools of learned knowledge. As situations change, social learning―culture―allows behaviors to adjust much faster than genes can adapt.</span></p><span class="a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;">Becoming Wild</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> brings readers into intimate proximity with various nonhuman individuals in their free-living communities. It presents a revelatory account of how animals function beyond our usual view. Safina shows that for non-humans and humans alike, </span><span class="a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;">culture</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> comprises the answers to the question, “How do </span><span class="a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;">we</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> live here?” It unites individuals within a group identity. But cultural groups often seek to avoid, or even be hostile toward, other factions. By showing that this is true across species, Safina illuminates why human cultural tensions remain maddeningly intractable despite the arbitrariness of many of our differences. </span><span class="a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;">Becoming Wild</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> takes readers behind the curtain of life on Earth, to witness from a new vantage point the most world-saving of perceptions: how we are all connected.</span><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><b>Reviews: </b></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;">Washington Post: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/a-radically-different-view-of-animal-cultures/2020/05/14/349209d4-742d-11ea-87da-77a8136c1a6d_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/a-radically-different-view-of-animal-cultures/2020/05/14/349209d4-742d-11ea-87da-77a8136c1a6d_story.html</a></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;">NPR: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/04/15/834307724/in-becoming-wild-carl-safina-takes-us-inside-the-cultures-of-animals">https://www.npr.org/2020/04/15/834307724/in-becoming-wild-carl-safina-takes-us-inside-the-cultures-of-animals</a></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><b>Author's Website</b>: <a href="https://www.carlsafina.org/">https://www.carlsafina.org/</a></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFZGh9_ygO3_NgcCC5rnY-8dZTcr0PYu2IEhuYoOMq3Uj50mPDdNAoPf0MBcDANdTGQ2_PCtk8tX8I2b71H9FzudvamtMH9llrUI2aq_w5fK3es3X1s2RPXbeoxO-cnmmh793_uGBsTJJHULWkrBbkEBoCNKOoqmwQaQmJFzRsejh0A2lcLf0BzY7iw/s300/download-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFZGh9_ygO3_NgcCC5rnY-8dZTcr0PYu2IEhuYoOMq3Uj50mPDdNAoPf0MBcDANdTGQ2_PCtk8tX8I2b71H9FzudvamtMH9llrUI2aq_w5fK3es3X1s2RPXbeoxO-cnmmh793_uGBsTJJHULWkrBbkEBoCNKOoqmwQaQmJFzRsejh0A2lcLf0BzY7iw/s1600/download-1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(NYTimes)</div><br /><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><b>Videos and Interviews:</b></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;">1. TNS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOWyKjDZofw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOWyKjDZofw</a></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;">2. Saw Mill River Audubon Interview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lk56iPAehA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lk56iPAehA</a></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;">3. Audubon Everglades: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkEX_1oyNqg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkEX_1oyNqg</a><br /></span><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Discussion Questions</b> </span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMATPavzjT6dO0H-pV6HU2TnxcGLo2jIr8QpUVvxano6-gvXGeTeMaxR9qghOjywU5n_4jhG2e7lGYfSaqyGYEAWxKt-OI0XQwl3IfAfcXCYkCZj4Xq3WOtsf3Ye4Wxrr3zi2dKldqsqqNPiQeJfz2MZXthtxyx4CQOGsjFeMNVWiv21H-0-9pcT_wQ/s281/download-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="281" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMATPavzjT6dO0H-pV6HU2TnxcGLo2jIr8QpUVvxano6-gvXGeTeMaxR9qghOjywU5n_4jhG2e7lGYfSaqyGYEAWxKt-OI0XQwl3IfAfcXCYkCZj4Xq3WOtsf3Ye4Wxrr3zi2dKldqsqqNPiQeJfz2MZXthtxyx4CQOGsjFeMNVWiv21H-0-9pcT_wQ/s1600/download-2.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(IOE.org)</div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-19848903851157045572022-08-30T21:23:00.002-07:002022-09-16T10:30:19.473-07:00The Journey of Trees by Zach St. George<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJbfLiWvMmVQhzI88D6zHieS0w3jCmOT64-kA_Yjn4SQ-tZuXUfcJ2WNsbnHMuV3A8y_hca0LYrtiFgUDMqb2iZmZA_w_73vBVNeMbbofZGjg94MlfzR78QujVcZIbc7_a2QFk7kbLIg5MQ3mNmcNVCOdkjuyOCuOr-IZCFz-PMasDDbX1TK5znAN0Q/s445/51LmDWEFfRL._SX342_SY445_QL70_ML2_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJbfLiWvMmVQhzI88D6zHieS0w3jCmOT64-kA_Yjn4SQ-tZuXUfcJ2WNsbnHMuV3A8y_hca0LYrtiFgUDMqb2iZmZA_w_73vBVNeMbbofZGjg94MlfzR78QujVcZIbc7_a2QFk7kbLIg5MQ3mNmcNVCOdkjuyOCuOr-IZCFz-PMasDDbX1TK5znAN0Q/s320/51LmDWEFfRL._SX342_SY445_QL70_ML2_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Summary:</b> (Amazon) <span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted. When new trees sprout in the same direction, the whole forest begins to migrate, sometimes at astonishing rates. Today, however, an array of obstacles―humans felling trees by the billions, invasive pests transported through global trade―threaten to overwhelm these vital movements. Worst of all, the climate is changing faster than ever before, and forests are struggling to keep up.</span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">A deft blend of science reporting and travel writing, </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">The Journeys of Trees</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> explores the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five trees: giant sequoia, ash, black spruce, Florida torreya, and Monterey pine. Journalist Zach St. George visits these trees in forests across continents, finding sequoias losing their needles in California, fossil records showing the paths of ancient forests in Alaska, domesticated pines in New Zealand, and tender new sprouts of blight-resistant American chestnuts in New Hampshire. Everywhere he goes, St. George meets lively people on conservation’s front lines, from an ecologist studying droughts to an evolutionary evangelist with plans to save a dying species. He treks through the woods with activists, biologists, and foresters, each with their own role to play in the fight for the uncertain future of our environment.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">An eye-opening investigation into forest migration past and present, </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">The Journeys of Trees</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> examines how we can all help our trees, and our planet, survive and thrive.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">Review: </span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">WSJ: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-journeys-of-trees-review-giants-in-transit-11602256237">https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-journeys-of-trees-review-giants-in-transit-11602256237</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">Interviews:</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">Powell's Bookshop in Portland: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG9Bjm_7s7o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG9Bjm_7s7o</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">NPR: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/896030567/believe-it-or-not-forests-migrate-but-not-fast-enough-for-climate-change">https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/896030567/believe-it-or-not-forests-migrate-but-not-fast-enough-for-climate-change</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRZxk0vBKK8nuWm_2upQw9KOjlQq_p1uroqzpiIDc5VJyXoNlaM-35XDclhiohH6QZAwdHJRpjVPudzk_QKCj4DgLDpR2UpMw4PiHc8sPtlnDb2A9pPWkYhL_ZbfGj0QFHNsRoeXTeCh2_tyHNlIaRkWPAaMjr_p3g-msvMgnFnCgy3WYZtSZru59Rw/s225/download-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRZxk0vBKK8nuWm_2upQw9KOjlQq_p1uroqzpiIDc5VJyXoNlaM-35XDclhiohH6QZAwdHJRpjVPudzk_QKCj4DgLDpR2UpMw4PiHc8sPtlnDb2A9pPWkYhL_ZbfGj0QFHNsRoeXTeCh2_tyHNlIaRkWPAaMjr_p3g-msvMgnFnCgy3WYZtSZru59Rw/s1600/download-1.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(wwnorton.com)</span></div><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Author's Website</b>: <a href="https://zachstgeorge.com/">https://zachstgeorge.com/</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Articles/Programs:</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Giant Sequoia Genetic Conservation Program: <a href="http://www.torreyaguardians.org/sequoia-lunak-2015.pdf">http://www.torreyaguardians.org/sequoia-lunak-2015.pdf</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;">Redwood Genome Project: <a href="https://www.savetheredwoods.org/project/redwood-genome-project/">https://www.savetheredwoods.org/project/redwood-genome-project/</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Discussion Questions:</b> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmqnr_r8O990i_m8Wa2fCmBRnbfPi6ZW13XyDlrpeIypE4ds3fMZN27UdkP847Ftno4_pSHHtH96tabMm_3Ay24mSMdiZ4h_TRTrOKjL6HH2JIYQF8APVLku1D9jIr9nULqv3Vf2C91BVksdx1odY4zT-yrrTgjvIrZAzNc_8qHCUwdxxMSsm4KKwCxg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="936" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmqnr_r8O990i_m8Wa2fCmBRnbfPi6ZW13XyDlrpeIypE4ds3fMZN27UdkP847Ftno4_pSHHtH96tabMm_3Ay24mSMdiZ4h_TRTrOKjL6HH2JIYQF8APVLku1D9jIr9nULqv3Vf2C91BVksdx1odY4zT-yrrTgjvIrZAzNc_8qHCUwdxxMSsm4KKwCxg=w428-h469" width="428" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-84325333277588174342022-07-31T08:35:00.004-07:002022-08-19T05:30:31.494-07:00Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship by Catherine Raven<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLdT9BuOMyFxTOMpG_-wmgTtUOkxSFkqkSQQoyGsp07YLpsJ8wBcga1B4ZM0sSIwmD-AVdTxA2d3c5iS5myjVTPY0UZwGHBWGiqQJZW-ZKZI58M1keeCBiqCHxDKT0FCuWu3K2RZhFWOShX8tZNyWfYYBtajbVP6qq18BItLRiDSOPSmZmyQt1G3ziQ/s276/download-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="183" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLdT9BuOMyFxTOMpG_-wmgTtUOkxSFkqkSQQoyGsp07YLpsJ8wBcga1B4ZM0sSIwmD-AVdTxA2d3c5iS5myjVTPY0UZwGHBWGiqQJZW-ZKZI58M1keeCBiqCHxDKT0FCuWu3K2RZhFWOShX8tZNyWfYYBtajbVP6qq18BItLRiDSOPSmZmyQt1G3ziQ/s1600/download-2.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>Summary</b>: (Amazon) <span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">When Catherine Raven finished her PhD in biology, she built herself a tiny cottage on an isolated plot of land in Montana. 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. In the meantime, she taught remotely and led field classes in nearby Yellowstone National Park.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Then one day she realized that a mangy-looking fox was showing up on her property every afternoon at 4:15 p.m. She had never had a regular visitor before. 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 </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">The Little Prince</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. 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.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">From the fox, Catherine learned the single most important thing about loneliness: </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">we are never alone when we are connected to the natural world</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. Friends, however, cannot save each other from the uncontained forces of nature. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Fox and I</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> is a poignant and remarkable tale of </span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">friendship, growth, and coping with inevitable loss</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">—and of how that loss can be transformed into meaning. It is both a timely tale of solitude and belonging as well as a timeless story of one woman whose immersion in the natural world will change the way we view our surroundings—each tree, weed, flower, stone, or fox.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmYsjEi_PhjqB6GrYrQJ46qIDG-t9NO53Raf0z91wvl61QhgSIrfEyiTMxc_jK--EBwgmmBr8abgwDhsRv_zgy0kWNn62JUKt_RhW6-LIP7Hmr1VXqs31qTkZyPgkSPHCfoPZW-lnPACS-s-SUCaTLYQ8Uv79_2JRxm467kh1UYDqB94CYrFunTBwbw/s239/images-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Reviews:</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">NPR: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/07/08/1013302180/friendship-between-a-woman-and-a-fox-leads-to-transformation-in-fox-i">https://www.npr.org/2021/07/08/1013302180/friendship-between-a-woman-and-a-fox-leads-to-transformation-in-fox-i</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">NY Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/books/review/fox-and-i-catherine-raven.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/books/review/fox-and-i-catherine-raven.html</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Washington Post: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/fox-and-i-catherine-raven-book/2021/07/06/457c3320-de6a-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/fox-and-i-catherine-raven-book/2021/07/06/457c3320-de6a-11eb-9f54-7eee10b5fcd2_story.html</a></p><p style="background-color: white; 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text-align: center;">(csmonitor.com)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Videos:</b><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Book Trailer: <a href="https://www.pw.org/content/fox_and_i">https://www.pw.org/content/fox_and_i</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><a href="https://leslielindsay.com/2021/07/07/fox-and-i/">https://leslielindsay.com/2021/07/07/fox-and-i/</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Interviews:</b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_EmhP_YwlY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_EmhP_YwlY</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">American Book Association: <a href="https://www.bookweb.org/news/indies-introduce-qa-catherine-raven-1626081">https://www.bookweb.org/news/indies-introduce-qa-catherine-raven-1626081</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVt-IjCJMvTNaiMsjUqLDZcXSBxOQzWWrHH8y6ot2swA30PMx13M3cVGLu0ZgpIXAvNu5bikpFS1jXo__jjbhcERNXZ8rp1PPm_1E1A2sTGayziSVWOiE-MjT3dGWqv4IOud8PDxSiwWyRS2-f1c_wBZbwqH3N-UNzt_21kg4a8pvOEiiJPwiVARB-A/s1450/gettyimages-1325344496_web_0.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJj2pHmg0xwAPpNySFXNAm6w4As3x9hNEHF7y_tVQ70Gq9kbz-aNqCQdWb3K5Tq61_ccGB0tN0eEChK-cb8u7LYFe-Fz3W_bGRLolpxEBNIlhSrWRK8aqpMz1V42THzJZEU9gPY3_5vIF-Z129pby8QDoxjNggtHVi3SzFU3U8BN79TzIOLDP4k43KIA/s225/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJj2pHmg0xwAPpNySFXNAm6w4As3x9hNEHF7y_tVQ70Gq9kbz-aNqCQdWb3K5Tq61_ccGB0tN0eEChK-cb8u7LYFe-Fz3W_bGRLolpxEBNIlhSrWRK8aqpMz1V42THzJZEU9gPY3_5vIF-Z129pby8QDoxjNggtHVi3SzFU3U8BN79TzIOLDP4k43KIA/s1600/download.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(wsj.org)</div><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-41401486147450377952022-07-01T10:53:00.006-07:002022-07-20T14:04:48.981-07:00The Seaweed Chronicles by Susan Shetterly<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDmw9g_nF5Op3Y3uYbqzFnHQPcVdqsLBuItwjbzEQ7y821bXlUQQq4x0NN4yd-P1tQwRpTFXDHDT0uR6CoLcVVa0QIEPXWUrMZGeXxBFlj5A9E0aE1zksEyBd-r1He20RS28z95zHdRs5E2I95TlQPaE2RfiknnoJkf-T3BCllTcw7rsrj0IT5vB4aTw/s267/download-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="189" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDmw9g_nF5Op3Y3uYbqzFnHQPcVdqsLBuItwjbzEQ7y821bXlUQQq4x0NN4yd-P1tQwRpTFXDHDT0uR6CoLcVVa0QIEPXWUrMZGeXxBFlj5A9E0aE1zksEyBd-r1He20RS28z95zHdRs5E2I95TlQPaE2RfiknnoJkf-T3BCllTcw7rsrj0IT5vB4aTw/s1600/download-1.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Summary </b>(Amazon): <span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">“Seaweed is ancient and basic, a testament to the tenacious beginnings of life on earth,” writes Susan Hand Shetterly in this elegant, fascinating book. “Why wouldn’t seaweeds be a protean life source for the lives that have evolved since?” On a planet facing environmental change and diminishing natural resources, seaweed is increasingly important as a source of food and as a fundamental part of our global ecosystem.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;">Seaweed Chronicles</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">, Shetterly takes readers deep into the world of this essential organism by providing an immersive, often poetic look at life on the rugged shores of her beloved Gulf of Maine, where the growth and harvesting of seaweed is becoming a major industry. While examining the life cycle of seaweed and its place in the environment, she tells the stories of the men and women who farm and harvest it—and who are fighting to protect this critical species against forces both natural and man-made. Ideal for readers of such books as </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;">The Hidden Life of Trees</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> and </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;">How to Read Water</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">, </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-style: italic;">Seaweed Chronicles</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"> is a deeply informative look at a little understood and too often unappreciated part of our habitat.</span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">Reviews: </span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: times;">1. Washington Post: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/an-homage-to-seaweed-and-a-plea-for-wise-management-of-this-valuable-resource/2018/08/23/7a51a198-8909-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/an-homage-to-seaweed-and-a-plea-for-wise-management-of-this-valuable-resource/2018/08/23/7a51a198-8909-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">2. <b>Wall Street Journal</b>: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/seaweed-chronicles-review-a-fragile-world-at-the-waters-edge-1533928547">https://www.wsj.com/articles/seaweed-chronicles-review-a-fragile-world-at-the-waters-edge-1533928547</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sGzFcu7ST56wRLQnqvvMTkNTngyjKJPYql4yia6awIBG0qlNSyzSgDenEaJJljPFppMm7YpER70X9L545Ozp_JgKXS9xceOVwmf2PnuIOC6G7Jdpn1jvA8iuxchu5B02BYYc64fla5v88FQCiK3SYsD7iZk3ybrBWattcUTjbu_uP5u0puB9P4bdGQ/s1024/SheepIsland051817-013.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1024" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sGzFcu7ST56wRLQnqvvMTkNTngyjKJPYql4yia6awIBG0qlNSyzSgDenEaJJljPFppMm7YpER70X9L545Ozp_JgKXS9xceOVwmf2PnuIOC6G7Jdpn1jvA8iuxchu5B02BYYc64fla5v88FQCiK3SYsD7iZk3ybrBWattcUTjbu_uP5u0puB9P4bdGQ/s320/SheepIsland051817-013.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Bangor Daily News) Sheep and Flat Island</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-family: times;">Videos and Interviews:</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">1. Interview: Surry Historical Society: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu5Puj77aqI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu5Puj77aqI</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">2. Interview: <a href="https://vimeo.com/341578655">https://vimeo.com/341578655</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivydenCJMAi6gKawQRCJPtUO5OIsJcFqbOQ7WRIt5bxdTt1mUuLewZzeYC_FzyHUuFKIaN5lEbvClycCdiyWmOHEDpmn_tLHnCZs-TLr8SwFRXiHv4TZb1sr8_P6-Lm8QZm1kRiuPzjIydCZDHZ2nav2SPWbe9XqWvgdLV753A5zLPmrG4eZb5_ERIog/s270/images-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="180" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivydenCJMAi6gKawQRCJPtUO5OIsJcFqbOQ7WRIt5bxdTt1mUuLewZzeYC_FzyHUuFKIaN5lEbvClycCdiyWmOHEDpmn_tLHnCZs-TLr8SwFRXiHv4TZb1sr8_P6-Lm8QZm1kRiuPzjIydCZDHZ2nav2SPWbe9XqWvgdLV753A5zLPmrG4eZb5_ERIog/s1600/images-1.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(medium.com)</div><br /><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Author's Website</b>: <a href="http://www.susanhandshetterly.com/">http://www.susanhandshetterly.com/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Discussion Questions</b> (Anne will be leading the discussion and also wrote the questions)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsdx6iGPt9BZlwkDFDcPb71eAYENWGPAu5RKR-CzIkbfXES3RVeqaRuVJIt5aEB2FT65D9WiPIPzZfChr103IVKsr-HC7e27ZQ7VL_oanNnclKMSkE50ECqvCGUp451PHU_0RnHAMZOwBUlYZpPPkQUOUIgW-Dwii_hOrgggwjNxlt0Dn8mS8ZK2zDZg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="936" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsdx6iGPt9BZlwkDFDcPb71eAYENWGPAu5RKR-CzIkbfXES3RVeqaRuVJIt5aEB2FT65D9WiPIPzZfChr103IVKsr-HC7e27ZQ7VL_oanNnclKMSkE50ECqvCGUp451PHU_0RnHAMZOwBUlYZpPPkQUOUIgW-Dwii_hOrgggwjNxlt0Dn8mS8ZK2zDZg=w437-h574" width="437" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHxVY1YloZ9ub6rL5Ns7_aBuYkhsIn88_2iM_PG8TPxYPUT5DiDbrtyrjCGQzIY35IDqS3tTn9NNRc0JIfJVRtXhKRCrNzvbaA3Zj65kFTXgw2EDqkInxzK_A9sVQ7QDdlTCKjFjfUsV3rJMqknIv4ckBHVtL8L4Kq6MI0whUP6QNZ_wNgcBD5FDEgw/s311/download-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-91638079867700989282022-05-31T12:27:00.002-07:002022-05-31T12:27:36.714-07:00Rooted by Lyanda Lynn Haupt<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4XT_bKYnSYDmzo_5HL2awF6_fXUrH_3LO0l80nqvFeZyaTQfdz8Rg-P9OYivC1_0Osnft2tsligTixRui0Ft5VkUUv0BK5L2izmviI2XJKYqYHDhzABuKSL8OiKMXSJoTAFDbn1afVJeTDynTaS-vfzLxtWHAcZAAXi7KPJ3sJeg8Elc7MtxXFj5rg/s276/download-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="183" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4XT_bKYnSYDmzo_5HL2awF6_fXUrH_3LO0l80nqvFeZyaTQfdz8Rg-P9OYivC1_0Osnft2tsligTixRui0Ft5VkUUv0BK5L2izmviI2XJKYqYHDhzABuKSL8OiKMXSJoTAFDbn1afVJeTDynTaS-vfzLxtWHAcZAAXi7KPJ3sJeg8Elc7MtxXFj5rg/s1600/download-1.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Summary</b>: (Amazon<span style="font-family: arial;">) <span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">In </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important;">Rooted</span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures across the world have proclaimed over millennia: life on this planet is radically interconnected. Our bodies, thoughts, minds, and spirits are affected by the whole of nature, and they affect this whole in return. In this time of crisis, how can we best live upon our imperiled, beloved earth?</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">Award-winning writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt’s highly personal new book is a brilliant invitation to live </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important;">with</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"> the earth in both simple and profound ways—from walking barefoot in the woods and reimagining our relationship with animals and trees, to examining the very language we use to describe and think about nature. She invokes</span><span class="a-text-italic" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic !important;"> rootedness</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"> as a way of being in concert with the wilderness—and wildness—that sustains humans and all of life.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />In the tradition of Rachel Carson, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Mary Oliver, Haupt writes with urgency and grace, reminding us that at the crossroads of science, nature, and spirit we find true hope. Each chapter provides tools for bringing our unique gifts to the fore and transforming our sense of belonging within the magic and wonder of the natural world. </span></span><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Reviews:</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">1. Blog: <a href="https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2021/06/rooted.html">https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2021/06/rooted.html</a></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Author's Website:</b> <a href="https://www.lyandalynnhaupt.com/books">https://www.lyandalynnhaupt.com/books</a></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgX5M_pvKELPqLtHFtHe5-wIwfQZRDhwMFw2jlloI-IiSVnx5FmZrM6KS8F5UmyNvASqNfBR1gC52xQMWSnUTOwNLmRB3I_yUQH9CyyXpqizSmn4zxaq9cgsWH3GvZH4-RwHVRGF6AMkhGfw-kB6fal3ypTGEf7Rd1SUF94PRrlGkSOePDJNhBNOfog/s311/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="311" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgX5M_pvKELPqLtHFtHe5-wIwfQZRDhwMFw2jlloI-IiSVnx5FmZrM6KS8F5UmyNvASqNfBR1gC52xQMWSnUTOwNLmRB3I_yUQH9CyyXpqizSmn4zxaq9cgsWH3GvZH4-RwHVRGF6AMkhGfw-kB6fal3ypTGEf7Rd1SUF94PRrlGkSOePDJNhBNOfog/s1600/download.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Spirtuality Health)</div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Interviews:</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">1. Magers and Quinn Bookshop: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR2vncPlv_w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR2vncPlv_w</a></span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Discussion Questions from online:</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">1. Little Brown and Co. : <a href="https://www.littlebrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rooted-Reading-Group-Guide.pdf">https://www.littlebrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rooted-Reading-Group-Guide.pdf</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Discussion Questions: (Please check back)</b></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLAaFf69rDAHP0VWuW-pqpJZcZwItL4NU4iSZMy0ZYRSQjygA1Q6M2OVzj3urJWfE4Vawpn4JbnjUf8AO06fAKX5ShHogxipN0Esk8EvI3dXH5nnEx0e8s3xVJxNVhozNCHxL2fum40cTmfrH65jY72f7HQQWD7lF_zK7RJgxV2Z4X2zPPQrNU_-Qmg/s1001/6a00e54fcf738588340278802e12ea200d-800wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLAaFf69rDAHP0VWuW-pqpJZcZwItL4NU4iSZMy0ZYRSQjygA1Q6M2OVzj3urJWfE4Vawpn4JbnjUf8AO06fAKX5ShHogxipN0Esk8EvI3dXH5nnEx0e8s3xVJxNVhozNCHxL2fum40cTmfrH65jY72f7HQQWD7lF_zK7RJgxV2Z4X2zPPQrNU_-Qmg/s320/6a00e54fcf738588340278802e12ea200d-800wi.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(<a href="https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2021/06/rooted.html" style="text-align: left;">https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2021/06/rooted.html</a>)</div><br /><b><br /></b></span></div>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-32881288039423941192022-05-02T19:39:00.005-07:002022-05-20T08:38:51.493-07:00The Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMIkr2O-5gSzIWXik7woUrYYGt6yTdfCBZQ3_JHTpXq6E9G0WGzeOQLCfWpT0t-VDSB_mMaxk4dx1rQqSHKY-mc1NqlXKXqr2V-zyKg96B4HHD1NvJqrnaIm1dtbOurhBMZYcBEWCDA-KpAgJ-Mhf1b7NQD7SbMAPCh_kdV6WW0sqp4HuYMbM6t9WRw/s272/download-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="185" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMIkr2O-5gSzIWXik7woUrYYGt6yTdfCBZQ3_JHTpXq6E9G0WGzeOQLCfWpT0t-VDSB_mMaxk4dx1rQqSHKY-mc1NqlXKXqr2V-zyKg96B4HHD1NvJqrnaIm1dtbOurhBMZYcBEWCDA-KpAgJ-Mhf1b7NQD7SbMAPCh_kdV6WW0sqp4HuYMbM6t9WRw/s1600/download-3.jpg" width="185" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Summary</b>: (Amazon) <span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">Collingwood Ingram—known as “Cherry” for his defining passion—was born in 1880 and lived until he was a hundred, witnessing a fraught century of conflict and change. Visiting Japan in 1902 and again in 1907, he fell in love with the country’s distinctive cherry blossoms, or </span><span class="a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">sakura,</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"> and brought back hundreds of cuttings with him to England, where he created a garden of cherry varieties.</span></div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />On a 1926 trip to Japan to search for new specimens, Ingram was shocked to find a dramatic decline in local cherry diversity. A cloned variety was taking over the landscape and becoming the symbol of Japan’s expansionist ambitions, while the rare and spectacular </span><span class="a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">Taihaku,</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"> or “Great White Cherry,” had disappeared entirely.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But thousands of miles away, at Ingram’s country estate, the </span><span class="a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">Taihaku</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"> still prospered. After returning to Britain, the amateur botanist buried a living cutting from his own collection into a potato and repatriated it to Japan via the Trans-Siberian Express. Over the decades that followed, Ingram became one of the world’s leading cherry experts and shared the joy of </span><span class="a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">sakura </span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">both nationally and internationally, sending more than a hundred varieties of cherry tree to new homes around the globe, from Auckland, New Zealand to Washington, D.C.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />As much a history of the cherry blossom in Japan as it is the story of one remarkable man, </span><span class="a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;">The Sakura Obsession </span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">follows the flower from its significance as a symbol of the imperial court, through the dark days of the Second World War, and up to the present-day worldwide fascination with this iconic blossom.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOzf00aIjkM6NspbKa1pvNHuU_rO1urxAkDO-4VWPy6JuAdDtZzbQ1nXwPl1NCCt2dafbl4xvwerNQoE-EEG2BV85cmqrR3qaaTJOzexE0yddJsUBDib5ATAlu1sCZFi384FIkghwoXPY1JgyvmGlAI8gQGk_UK5NAmu94tbbEXEek6H69CAmts7t6g/s259/download-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOzf00aIjkM6NspbKa1pvNHuU_rO1urxAkDO-4VWPy6JuAdDtZzbQ1nXwPl1NCCt2dafbl4xvwerNQoE-EEG2BV85cmqrR3qaaTJOzexE0yddJsUBDib5ATAlu1sCZFi384FIkghwoXPY1JgyvmGlAI8gQGk_UK5NAmu94tbbEXEek6H69CAmts7t6g/w333-h250/download-2.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(WSJ)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Reviews:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kirkus Reviews: <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/naoko-abe/the-sakura-obsession/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/naoko-abe/the-sakura-obsession/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wall Street Journal (WSJ): <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-sakura-obsession-review-new-life-for-a-tree-11555081248">https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-sakura-obsession-review-new-life-for-a-tree-11555081248</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Author information</b>: <a href="https://www.naokoabe.com/index.php/en/about">https://www.naokoabe.com/index.php/en/about</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Interview:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWzxGuiOoLU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWzxGuiOoLU</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Discussion Questions:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPItkzr-PVuDZxrNI2XGSWv8ylPtbqT7yIXCKTpyrVe-BJwsnkq1pkY121xUNPWpDPcsZrE0udF853Wxe8Xy2tQ5NVDoQg8Xlh4HPAnj7kiLA70BxFwVkdBf2Ke0_yQ4TScR-nFK-POiavFXZuL8QBU69v_mecJFOoGleSI4_WDbAkGDqDCGVylcXGOQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="936" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPItkzr-PVuDZxrNI2XGSWv8ylPtbqT7yIXCKTpyrVe-BJwsnkq1pkY121xUNPWpDPcsZrE0udF853Wxe8Xy2tQ5NVDoQg8Xlh4HPAnj7kiLA70BxFwVkdBf2Ke0_yQ4TScR-nFK-POiavFXZuL8QBU69v_mecJFOoGleSI4_WDbAkGDqDCGVylcXGOQ=w446-h377" width="446" /></a></div><br /><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p> </p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-13484543563058026082022-03-26T12:35:00.003-07:002022-04-22T04:58:20.172-07:00The Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicAQ45MNEvSSpHvzNLpexQXg4PoAocdk0Q69E5SIzvkMZI-4yanBZHCUZA7WNU_h4HyxZmH3D2Oaoe57DRR6akDj228q8i3uJeEaJCSdyMOq8AZDMjiiomZwmkFQalSYSPuzZflrpuP45npxhWWd4hoh7IB-uhm5jTkaCbGDYt0lREBPVL8HdkP8LmA/s499/41qJPiUFNhL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="329" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicAQ45MNEvSSpHvzNLpexQXg4PoAocdk0Q69E5SIzvkMZI-4yanBZHCUZA7WNU_h4HyxZmH3D2Oaoe57DRR6akDj228q8i3uJeEaJCSdyMOq8AZDMjiiomZwmkFQalSYSPuzZflrpuP45npxhWWd4hoh7IB-uhm5jTkaCbGDYt0lREBPVL8HdkP8LmA/s320/41qJPiUFNhL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="211" /></a></div> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Summary: </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">“There is the mammal way and there is the bird way.” But the bird way is much more than a unique pattern of brain wiring, and lately, scientists have taken a new look at bird behaviors they have, for years, dismissed as anomalies or mysteries –– What they are finding is upending the traditional view of how birds conduct their lives, how they communicate, forage, court, breed, survive. They are also revealing the remarkable intelligence underlying these activities, abilities we once considered uniquely our own: deception, manipulation, cheating, kidnapping, infanticide, but also ingenious communication between species, cooperation, collaboration, altruism, culture, and play.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">Some of these extraordinary behaviors are biological conundrums that seem to push the edges of, well, birdness: a mother bird that kills her own infant sons, and another that selflessly tends to the young of other birds as if they were her own; a bird that collaborates in an extraordinary way with one species—ours—but parasitizes another in gruesome fashion; birds that give gifts and birds that steal; birds that dance or drum, that paint their creations or paint themselves; birds that build walls of sound to keep out intruders and birds that summon playmates with a special call—and may hold the secret to our own penchant for playfulness and the evolution of laughter.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">Drawing on personal observations, the latest science, and her bird-related travel around the world, from the tropical rainforests of eastern Australia and the remote woodlands of northern Japan, to the rolling hills of lower Austria and the islands of Alaska’s Kachemak Bay, Jennifer Ackerman shows there is clearly no single bird way of being. In every respect, in plumage, form, song, flight, lifestyle, niche, and behavior, birds vary. It is what we love about them. As E.O Wilson once said, when you have seen one bird, you have not seen them all.<br /></span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><b>Author's Website</b>: </span><span style="color: #0f1111;"><a href="https://www.jenniferackermanauthor.com/the-bird-way">https://www.jenniferackermanauthor.com/the-bird-way</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2nEDGw6c4hBtDlyE8C0ygplxb6q1QRfIajF9g9Xuh7pShWn12buHGX9tt6rSZeoHuG9bjljw7UfB3b5wW5zz-vohw0iXjpO6Y1NYbhXdL53C9mzojcG2UEN82-u_ycnb53rmk-fvebtxw6XRXu4w6NjduGpi7pu7LTYs3B2tMXH-rw4BjAqBeMd8kNw/s2048/Jennifer-Ackerman-photo-by-Sofia-Runarsdotter_SMALLER-scaled.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2nEDGw6c4hBtDlyE8C0ygplxb6q1QRfIajF9g9Xuh7pShWn12buHGX9tt6rSZeoHuG9bjljw7UfB3b5wW5zz-vohw0iXjpO6Y1NYbhXdL53C9mzojcG2UEN82-u_ycnb53rmk-fvebtxw6XRXu4w6NjduGpi7pu7LTYs3B2tMXH-rw4BjAqBeMd8kNw/s320/Jennifer-Ackerman-photo-by-Sofia-Runarsdotter_SMALLER-scaled.webp" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(birdlife.org)</div></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"><b>Reviews:</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;">1. Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/16/the-bird-way-by-jennifer-ackerman-review-an-enthralling-study">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/16/the-bird-way-by-jennifer-ackerman-review-an-enthralling-study</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;">2. Kirkus Reviews: <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-ackerman/the-bird-way/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jennifer-ackerman/the-bird-way/</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"><b>Videos and Interviews:</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;">1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M_TnqtE1fQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M_TnqtE1fQ</a></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;">2. Wild Birds Unlimited (AZ): <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=340269774536249">https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=340269774536249</a></span></div><div>3. American Birding Podcast: <a href="https://www.aba.org/the-bird-way-with-jennifer-ackerman/">https://www.aba.org/the-bird-way-with-jennifer-ackerman/</a></div><div>4. Bird Life International: <a href="https://www.birdlife.org/news/2021/12/10/the-bird-way-a-new-look-at-the-true-nature-of-avian-intelligence/">https://www.birdlife.org/news/2021/12/10/the-bird-way-a-new-look-at-the-true-nature-of-avian-intelligence/</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Videos:</b></div><div>Kea parrots laughing: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N37rN29nUIc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N37rN29nUIc</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"><b>Discussion Questions:</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAmh9wTmQzZ-kXtPV-9IKBvD06I9G-lCrCJ_eIOXMJ5PCPYtWsX6xij8MDDqb2GHvnGfI2mVGrHzjZI__xB4mpQdGVQkmDvJNghyzYBNx3HKUk5bxjGw_ok6XbkV7x8ejnvnKNCaGOb4u8ghwY1Haj3loKyPF3RZo4EGUiJWp3Zevu11_9JgvhOZCs_w" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="936" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAmh9wTmQzZ-kXtPV-9IKBvD06I9G-lCrCJ_eIOXMJ5PCPYtWsX6xij8MDDqb2GHvnGfI2mVGrHzjZI__xB4mpQdGVQkmDvJNghyzYBNx3HKUk5bxjGw_ok6XbkV7x8ejnvnKNCaGOb4u8ghwY1Haj3loKyPF3RZo4EGUiJWp3Zevu11_9JgvhOZCs_w=w488-h474" width="488" /></a></div><br /><br /></b></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1gxpTEBWuAYql9zLE6lCxOELT7jKZ0T9WUN5soZzm6irsWS83hUx6ubVxQgOyDskAFabaZVpcEh9zojdSuLvZDvAu5K9NqJgNQfbWNgWqRVslNmGqOTzLpppqXuMgcXNzOB2jX_YRfpyLuQi_-GtFGtl10-DbYxyH-k29KbOG6cJeM3m-HnV7hSg9Q/s490/11b80d_13f540cbfc9549efa6aeeae0510f4d52_mv2_d_1848_1347_s_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="490" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1gxpTEBWuAYql9zLE6lCxOELT7jKZ0T9WUN5soZzm6irsWS83hUx6ubVxQgOyDskAFabaZVpcEh9zojdSuLvZDvAu5K9NqJgNQfbWNgWqRVslNmGqOTzLpppqXuMgcXNzOB2jX_YRfpyLuQi_-GtFGtl10-DbYxyH-k29KbOG6cJeM3m-HnV7hSg9Q/s320/11b80d_13f540cbfc9549efa6aeeae0510f4d52_mv2_d_1848_1347_s_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-25520541889853154162022-03-01T11:06:00.005-08:002022-03-26T12:36:20.186-07:00A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_8uPm1SHKYmmBWXPeVqw6sCIFG-Cec-PfhOwlMrxkLnq0vrSpg1oKCZeiIfdxQUGsPSCEbwvX__r9FUnDrtvDEqTFFbaH3YGAjVdEu93aFGG6sxZkxOMiTWPgbqRfRLeXwl28QVsPQJrG4cyCa2y7vwiG6rnhN3H6g3LJVhXWPCVyA1detfMUa71rng" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="179" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_8uPm1SHKYmmBWXPeVqw6sCIFG-Cec-PfhOwlMrxkLnq0vrSpg1oKCZeiIfdxQUGsPSCEbwvX__r9FUnDrtvDEqTFFbaH3YGAjVdEu93aFGG6sxZkxOMiTWPgbqRfRLeXwl28QVsPQJrG4cyCa2y7vwiG6rnhN3H6g3LJVhXWPCVyA1detfMUa71rng" width="147" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Summary</b> (Amazon): <span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way–and a couple of bears. Already a classic,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;">A Walk in the Woods </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least a comfortable chair to sit and read in).</span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Reviews</b><br />NY Times: </span><a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/05/17/daily/trail-book-review.html">https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/05/17/daily/trail-book-review.html</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: times;">Kirkus: <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bill-bryson/a-walk-in-the-woods/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bill-bryson/a-walk-in-the-woods/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Movie</b>: <a href="https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/news/a3694/bill-bryson-interview/">https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/news/a3694/bill-bryson-interview/</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: times;">2. <a href="http://deathbytsundoku.com/discussion-questions/a-walk-in-the-woods-discussion-questions/">http://deathbytsundoku.com/discussion-questions/a-walk-in-the-woods-discussion-questions/</a></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Discussion Questions</b>: (</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: times;">John will be leading)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOiYzFtOu0Muc9p0uLUaN-uDja5a5f-zw-0qqEzge5E9eyWJtd-qjW1JtoDld2B2n5P3a9BNAXnWTtGbmlJtXv_jTj-EHTDbLd7Vbx-qBv9-dGxReWee3U3eTcBb03SB4xMcA7EIZ7YeWBHPaYv-CEkVXKRMCr-BauWRZtBiS7U45-ukVr693SqowNDQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="936" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOiYzFtOu0Muc9p0uLUaN-uDja5a5f-zw-0qqEzge5E9eyWJtd-qjW1JtoDld2B2n5P3a9BNAXnWTtGbmlJtXv_jTj-EHTDbLd7Vbx-qBv9-dGxReWee3U3eTcBb03SB4xMcA7EIZ7YeWBHPaYv-CEkVXKRMCr-BauWRZtBiS7U45-ukVr693SqowNDQ=w446-h395" width="446" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>Summary </b>(Amazon): "<span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">How can we begin to talk about what is happening to the world? How can we explain to our children, and to ourselves, what the future of our planet might look and feel like?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Letters to the Earth </em>is the beginning of a new conversation. One that attempts to answer some of these questions by listening to the voices of parents and children; politicians and poets; songwriters and scientists. Gathering together over 100 letters written in response to the climate emergency, each entry begins to give language to the unspeakable, and shows how our collective power is present when we are ready to slow down and listen to each other.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">It’s natural to feel worried or concerned about what the future of the earth holds. These letters are an opportunity to reflect on our connection to the planet and each other in times of crisis. They are also an opportunity to act and respond to this crisis. To put pen to paper and make your voice heard.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Includes contributions from activist <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Yoko Ono</span>, actor <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Mark Rylance, </span>poet <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Kate Tempest,</span> author <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Laline Paull</span>, illustrator of The Lost Words <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Jackie Morris</span>, novelist <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Anna Hope</span>, environmental writer <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Jay Griffiths</span> Green Party MP <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Caroline Lucas. </span>, Booker prize Winning author <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Ben Okri</span> and actor <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Freya Mavor. "</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Website for the Project: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.letterstotheearth.com/">https://www.letterstotheearth.com/</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Community and Education Toolkits for Writing a Letter:</b> <a href="https://www.letterstotheearth.com/community-education">https://www.letterstotheearth.com/community-education</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Facebook Page</b>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/letterstotheearth/">https://www.facebook.com/letterstotheearth/</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Organizations involved:</b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;">1. Climate Generation: </span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><a href="https://www.climategen.org/blog/write-a-letter-to-the-earth-a-short-term-climate-writing-project/">https://www.climategen.org/blog/write-a-letter-to-the-earth-a-short-term-climate-writing-project/</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><b>Videos about the Project</b>: </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;">1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8a1LEJPSbw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8a1LEJPSbw</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">2. </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7As6yfmZf4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7As6yfmZf4</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcPI7W3_cog">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcPI7W3_cog</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">4. <a href="https://www.letterstotheearth.com/">https://www.letterstotheearth.com/</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">5. Shakespeare's Globe Letter to the Earth: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRXqNNBP8jo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRXqNNBP8jo</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">6. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-2xm905zd8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-2xm905zd8</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Review</b>: <a href="https://joyzine.org/2021/02/18/book-review-letters-to-the-earth-writing-to-a-planet-in-crisis-various-authors/">https://joyzine.org/2021/02/18/book-review-letters-to-the-earth-writing-to-a-planet-in-crisis-various-authors/</a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(https://www.rosekennedygreenway.org/love-letters-to-the-earth/)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>This is a different book for our group. </b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Since it's February, let's write a "Love Letter" to the Earth.</b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>Please consider submitting here: <a href="https://www.letterstotheearth.com/submit-your-letter">https://www.letterstotheearth.com/submit-your-letter</a></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAO2xRqbxxp1oPSBbTbQ8BeFnBPFLKTfAIG0w9uz0wBOV5VsUL4dYyg2W9SBEqS1x72kRIjehIKQF__eJBm8wuvqDF5dxMUOY2hZwKpwGqffCB7ALvSYD4oSom6y0EdxRvZOKxsVWiDq__J6t3zI_WT272tHYIsS4yTK24gc61VizgFBb1TaMpmd4J-g=s262" style="margin-left: 1em; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-82703754817123184722021-12-16T11:09:00.004-08:002022-01-22T12:42:23.075-08:00Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena by Jordan Salama<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOClFzaNqCE3kkMllVG3AesrB9Xw50O54SZ0k9j0rURxg8AFqnB_-8fam9N9aBeIHP_E7VPo2dsBd4Xmzzyag6lYJi3PW0KTvi7a3UFq2-N_IRNr9fLuGkJi9qYDhJGz3PcffomrHYFhyIuoM7QQ-2PTGncxbv1pQiCu8p2s98TPUHRzwYtjpeu-IS3A=s2092" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2092" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOClFzaNqCE3kkMllVG3AesrB9Xw50O54SZ0k9j0rURxg8AFqnB_-8fam9N9aBeIHP_E7VPo2dsBd4Xmzzyag6lYJi3PW0KTvi7a3UFq2-N_IRNr9fLuGkJi9qYDhJGz3PcffomrHYFhyIuoM7QQ-2PTGncxbv1pQiCu8p2s98TPUHRzwYtjpeu-IS3A=s320" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Summary</b>: <span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">An American writer of Argentine, Syrian, and Iraqi Jewish descent, Jordan Salama tells the story of the Río Magdalena, nearly one thousand miles long, the heart of Colombia. This is Gabriel García Márquez’s territory—rumor has it Macondo was partly inspired by the port town of Mompox—as much as that of the Middle Eastern immigrants who run fabric stores by its banks.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">Following the river from its source high in the Andes to its mouth on the Caribbean coast, journeying by boat, bus, and improvised motobalinera, Salama writes against stereotype and toward the rich lives of those he meets. Among them are a canoe builder, biologists who study invasive hippopotamuses, a Queens transplant managing a failing hotel, a jeweler practicing the art of silver filigree, and a traveling librarian whose donkeys, Alfa and Beto, haul books to rural children. Joy, mourning, and humor come together in this astonishing debut, about a country too often seen as only a site of war, and a tale of lively adventure following a legendary river.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigg0JWtX3fcMnsp5Rlx48GYi3A6EOY_nmHIk42PcnpkV9GU3dj7IhYGt0NYsuvqHyukAKDCHxjq7MDQMshHXCVVgeN2CQYDsIEVVN3CjMFkweQEl6tL6EMPA9MIWsn9OEvBiO3bgyw9B5v55ErzMhy6t2FrGbXsIQOFOikk3ip298OuHQcrFjf5NVpxw=s4136" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3100" data-original-width="4136" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigg0JWtX3fcMnsp5Rlx48GYi3A6EOY_nmHIk42PcnpkV9GU3dj7IhYGt0NYsuvqHyukAKDCHxjq7MDQMshHXCVVgeN2CQYDsIEVVN3CjMFkweQEl6tL6EMPA9MIWsn9OEvBiO3bgyw9B5v55ErzMhy6t2FrGbXsIQOFOikk3ip298OuHQcrFjf5NVpxw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Reviews:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kirkus Review: <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jordan-salama/every-day-the-river-changes/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jordan-salama/every-day-the-river-changes/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgos38oCYRS2DISJ_LsfhYFI081o3FIcgqMfqyPpjA6PokUl8dIQ9VHPDLBx5cCeUYdGOy3CDIxImVn2ww3rFW_L9B0ecNueBj2S6vcDANMp_N3rMPyRONihcOfaJ3oCtZAotTkhLKOcCPc8C-SAz9Jzve98b7IEo_uxT0sG0xxl9l6C5NkD9mcJhgMDg=s756" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="756" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgos38oCYRS2DISJ_LsfhYFI081o3FIcgqMfqyPpjA6PokUl8dIQ9VHPDLBx5cCeUYdGOy3CDIxImVn2ww3rFW_L9B0ecNueBj2S6vcDANMp_N3rMPyRONihcOfaJ3oCtZAotTkhLKOcCPc8C-SAz9Jzve98b7IEo_uxT0sG0xxl9l6C5NkD9mcJhgMDg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Laguna del Magdalena (https://www.guatevalley.com)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Author's Site: </b><a href="https://jordansalama.com/every-day-the-river-changes/">https://jordansalama.com/every-day-the-river-changes/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu_i8sqNC-vbMl4mWrr7hXlYzDXOZU2vy8pxVarBIDNntxgHOhG3agRfJLM-8cuoMvQ2OpHuRfkpUlA6ykBbzILIPb8URlhHqWjq9mdbYRAFPHYyHqbK1r2rKqZVT31BkONy5yvQclG2Z2W6Y8pYYMCDsOC0LbWzlfNLv3G4wNjT0LI0q78JnU11wydw=s1500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1034" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu_i8sqNC-vbMl4mWrr7hXlYzDXOZU2vy8pxVarBIDNntxgHOhG3agRfJLM-8cuoMvQ2OpHuRfkpUlA6ykBbzILIPb8URlhHqWjq9mdbYRAFPHYyHqbK1r2rKqZVT31BkONy5yvQclG2Z2W6Y8pYYMCDsOC0LbWzlfNLv3G4wNjT0LI0q78JnU11wydw=w146-h211" width="146" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Filigree jewelry ring from Mompox</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Interviews:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Princetonian: <a href="https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/12/q-a-jordan-salama-author-journalist">https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/12/q-a-jordan-salama-author-journalist</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Princeton Alumni: <a href="https://alumni.princeton.edu/stories/jordan-salama-19-telling-stories-cross-cultures">https://alumni.princeton.edu/stories/jordan-salama-19-telling-stories-cross-cultures</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Labyrinth Books: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5gKEqFZ1xg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5gKEqFZ1xg</a></div>Lithub: <a href="https://lithub.com/jordan-salama-on-journeying-colombias-magdalena-river/">https://lithub.com/jordan-salama-on-journeying-colombias-magdalena-river/</a><div><br /></div><div><b>Hippo</b> issue and more:</div><div>Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz8J6lJkbFA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz8J6lJkbFA</a></div><div>Article: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/01/24/960060880/colombia-has-a-hippo-problem-thanks-to-pablo-escobar">https://www.npr.org/2021/01/24/960060880/colombia-has-a-hippo-problem-thanks-to-pablo-escobar</a></div><div>Article: Slow Boat up the Magdalena: <a href="https://thecitypaperbogota.com/travel/taking-the-slow-boat-up-the-magdalena-river/17807">https://thecitypaperbogota.com/travel/taking-the-slow-boat-up-the-magdalena-river/17807</a><br /><p></p><p><b>Event:</b> Join us virtually on January 27 @ 6:00 p.m. for a <b>Conversation with the Author</b> about his new book. Please visit Doylestown Bookshop for more information. <a href="https://www.doylestownbookshop.com/event/virtual-book-club-nature-lovers-13">https://www.doylestownbookshop.com/event/virtual-book-club-nature-lovers-13</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Discussion Questions:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBubVFV9S7Sm4zVB1Z1bMHHGKQJDnuCTQl4Jw2BPFB5UP5v6vVzT_LU5lUB29GFGXj-IEkLuy6bitQH_KcQjuToZXEqmG9N0IspNovCWT99ttiM9nqvEwUlzsIPnBFNpoS93mybshYs62/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="936" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBubVFV9S7Sm4zVB1Z1bMHHGKQJDnuCTQl4Jw2BPFB5UP5v6vVzT_LU5lUB29GFGXj-IEkLuy6bitQH_KcQjuToZXEqmG9N0IspNovCWT99ttiM9nqvEwUlzsIPnBFNpoS93mybshYs62/w438-h398/image.png" width="438" /></a></div></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjK6mRI-4TDg2K09j5WCGPq53fMZrYsf39rMOKsPlQWdRpiZBcf2PtNgEwPDZTT8b0KpXSeo9hGij5p7PRba0_jS3EUMrpc3XMr2FmrYfgpZWzUBA2VheL1a9KUx0S0SQbwEvXi73Soce7/s277/download-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="182" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjK6mRI-4TDg2K09j5WCGPq53fMZrYsf39rMOKsPlQWdRpiZBcf2PtNgEwPDZTT8b0KpXSeo9hGij5p7PRba0_jS3EUMrpc3XMr2FmrYfgpZWzUBA2VheL1a9KUx0S0SQbwEvXi73Soce7/s0/download-1.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Summary and Reviews:</b> (From the Publisher):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">New York Times </i>Bestseller * Starred <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Booklist</i> and <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Library Journal </i>Editors’ Spring Pick * A <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Huffington Post</i> Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Goodreads * Library Journal </i>Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;" /><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">“Sy Montgomery’s <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Soul of an Octopus</i> does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">H Is for Hawk</i> did for raptors.” —<i style="box-sizing: inherit;">New Statesman</i>, UK</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;" /><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">“One of the best science books of the year.” —<i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Science Friday</i>, NPR</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;" /><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Another <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">New York Times</i> bestseller from the author of <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Good Good Pig</i>, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (<i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Daily Beast</i>) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (</span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Library Journal</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"> Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">The Soul of an Octopus </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Author's Site:</b> <a href="http://symontgomery.com/soul-of-an-octopus/">http://symontgomery.com/soul-of-an-octopus/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVvLMZRMHg6iFNyRKc3h8yY0CDhx_Hlcd7np-cH-3AakI1UUcEIKoLoi3p-34tgEJ_KkdXu68iFs6x_5n0PBStEBd1VcUsffsgS1OkJoPf_sBWdTGLf6lIyqRcY3bCW6a0UjTaaKSYU_5/s225/download-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRVvLMZRMHg6iFNyRKc3h8yY0CDhx_Hlcd7np-cH-3AakI1UUcEIKoLoi3p-34tgEJ_KkdXu68iFs6x_5n0PBStEBd1VcUsffsgS1OkJoPf_sBWdTGLf6lIyqRcY3bCW6a0UjTaaKSYU_5/s0/download-3.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Film</b> on Netflix: <i>My Octopus Teacher:</i> <a href="https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81045007">https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81045007</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Interviews:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7oSf8EQ6o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7oSf8EQ6o</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Ted Talk: Do Animals Think and Feel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI4II5AbjPA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI4II5AbjPA</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. <a href="https://tinhouse.com/soul-naturalist-interview-sy-montgomery/">https://tinhouse.com/soul-naturalist-interview-sy-montgomery/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Discussion Questions</b> will come from this Reading Group Guide:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Reading Group Guide: <a href="http://www.symontgomery.com/wp-content/media/soul-of-an-octopus-reading-group-guide.pdf?_ga=2.212988816.541194412.1636055565-1698158523.1636055565">http://www.symontgomery.com/wp-content/media/soul-of-an-octopus-reading-group-guide.pdf?_ga=2.212988816.541194412.1636055565-1698158523.1636055565</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzKlutGsYPBrD2HPu4W9qoItmlfs0TdMY1HTN5xtY3Al_yre5YtxnBAOsLpRFGeT2MO7HGbPIEgDNh-_mSDW_i7BCaBszGSmRyn6WrbceUQQ8jIEl51-HvnYWEQ1-oYrYhqQWDlswkFrg/s566/istock_000013309695small-2b57dbf4e8c0d55abc19b96a7bdf16b4a8208985-s1200-c85.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="566" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzKlutGsYPBrD2HPu4W9qoItmlfs0TdMY1HTN5xtY3Al_yre5YtxnBAOsLpRFGeT2MO7HGbPIEgDNh-_mSDW_i7BCaBszGSmRyn6WrbceUQQ8jIEl51-HvnYWEQ1-oYrYhqQWDlswkFrg/s320/istock_000013309695small-2b57dbf4e8c0d55abc19b96a7bdf16b4a8208985-s1200-c85.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p> </p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-63336652411259235422021-10-04T10:12:00.001-07:002021-10-21T11:39:39.853-07:00Half-Earth by Edward O. Wilson<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdVyngshcpa5dV3ybLWN7RMRbsyiKHWUQzsaX3l8DWrfQLkKu-gNDymQ7dF1PRHxaEFHLcvsNwT31MqcZSZzcd18G_EngI14yDCtO7XpY-qPr-NW_9YrxywF0c-QeLcQyIP5SSgTz66jn5/s275/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdVyngshcpa5dV3ybLWN7RMRbsyiKHWUQzsaX3l8DWrfQLkKu-gNDymQ7dF1PRHxaEFHLcvsNwT31MqcZSZzcd18G_EngI14yDCtO7XpY-qPr-NW_9YrxywF0c-QeLcQyIP5SSgTz66jn5/s0/download.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Summary</b> (Amazon): </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">In his most urgent book to date, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and world-renowned biologist Edward O. Wilson states that in order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet. In this "visionary blueprint for saving the planet" (Stephen Greenblatt), </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Half-Earth</em><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"> argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature. Identifying actual regions of the planet that can still be reclaimed―such as the California redwood forest, the Amazon River basin, and grasslands of the Serengeti, among others―Wilson puts aside the prevailing pessimism of our times and "speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Edward Wilson Biodiversity Foundation</b>: <a href="https://www.half-earthproject.org/">https://www.half-earthproject.org/</a>; <a href="https://eowilsonfoundation.org/half-earth-our-planet-s-fight-for-life/">https://eowilsonfoundation.org/half-earth-our-planet-s-fight-for-life/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Reviews:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/11/half-earth-planets-fight-for-life-edward-o-wilson-review">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/11/half-earth-planets-fight-for-life-edward-o-wilson-review</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Kirkus Review: <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/edward-o-wilson/half-earth/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/edward-o-wilson/half-earth/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. NY Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/science/e-o-wilson-half-earth-biodiversity.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/science/e-o-wilson-half-earth-biodiversity.html</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4_zN7Ap5c3Ca7XJJbEpbziXwRZ2gmEf46pqFIZlSIQ53AErt6oBn-wrgsjOXGaak2KTwWx4R60IoU3Khhi_URygYKBf4TfLYbRJ8QxD_mduAdwtfDvVgoqoaxgy7lKwDGUoR057pVmXX/s275/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4_zN7Ap5c3Ca7XJJbEpbziXwRZ2gmEf46pqFIZlSIQ53AErt6oBn-wrgsjOXGaak2KTwWx4R60IoU3Khhi_URygYKBf4TfLYbRJ8QxD_mduAdwtfDvVgoqoaxgy7lKwDGUoR057pVmXX/s0/download.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(NY Times)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Interview:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PBS: <a href="https://www.half-earthproject.org/half-earth-book/#pbs">https://www.half-earthproject.org/half-earth-book/#pbs</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8paAP0xkwL630KY6W__4HKAJQzhUitY2_MSrK_bTxkO6ujd4sbTZB3VZlXE6clkptuT3B5jr_KvwINlMqBmscQIpaS8JGUNewD9c5fUeT64E7_TyljnVzBUO_SB8TypauipmKzOvGugqs/s300/download-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8paAP0xkwL630KY6W__4HKAJQzhUitY2_MSrK_bTxkO6ujd4sbTZB3VZlXE6clkptuT3B5jr_KvwINlMqBmscQIpaS8JGUNewD9c5fUeT64E7_TyljnVzBUO_SB8TypauipmKzOvGugqs/w379-h212/download-2.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>October 22, 2021 Half Earth Day Virtual Summit</b></h3><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> Registration: </b><a href="https://eowilsonfoundation.org/page/4/">https://eowilsonfoundation.org/page/4/</a></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LYhyBMMBP3QToMOWdVJIcgd_u3FePX_jfegOSktgCevKz_aFnhcgots9l-rLyHWmtr5EgI23LcNJ-B0B1TEnAvCmQ1AjsKKdUSZrCoZ0jtxxw-Bxl6nqLvXs8VqcnJWcyyrbz90tu-CU/s290/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="290" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LYhyBMMBP3QToMOWdVJIcgd_u3FePX_jfegOSktgCevKz_aFnhcgots9l-rLyHWmtr5EgI23LcNJ-B0B1TEnAvCmQ1AjsKKdUSZrCoZ0jtxxw-Bxl6nqLvXs8VqcnJWcyyrbz90tu-CU/s0/download.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bialowieza Forest (Wilderness Society)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Discussion Questions:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXkLqh_iANR1OdowJVKnbxqlKRgcq2sA3MVv2yWyCWKBfZa3o47jSXytaVbXPqY7wfqm0Wh0CtG6zo5sLDHz8G2yd_ba0yUrw6iMQB-TTm1R0zmeLc3n6ARoD_QOSpZ6fO3fNr9Wwz2H3/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="468" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXkLqh_iANR1OdowJVKnbxqlKRgcq2sA3MVv2yWyCWKBfZa3o47jSXytaVbXPqY7wfqm0Wh0CtG6zo5sLDHz8G2yd_ba0yUrw6iMQB-TTm1R0zmeLc3n6ARoD_QOSpZ6fO3fNr9Wwz2H3/w672-h420/image.png" width="672" /></a></div><br /><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgci57dpcQ35lKkmnomqP4szWtEw8s-bJdYSAkv6rcIG_SzgsgG8rswv-jKFRSpxtyJ8C-dSk0ZLVj6rcC_tPdsbW63iy2J1nDWUikGqDzGK7sMC_WGR9rY1Yug_z2gzv6C3M-CJarqaPTh/s275/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgci57dpcQ35lKkmnomqP4szWtEw8s-bJdYSAkv6rcIG_SzgsgG8rswv-jKFRSpxtyJ8C-dSk0ZLVj6rcC_tPdsbW63iy2J1nDWUikGqDzGK7sMC_WGR9rY1Yug_z2gzv6C3M-CJarqaPTh/s0/download.jpg" width="183" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><p><span><br /></span></p><b>Summary</b> (from book's website): "</span><span color="rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6)" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.19px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Louis Bromfield was a World War I ambulance driver, a Paris expat, and a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist as famous in the 1920s as Hemingway or Fitzgerald. But he cashed in his literary success to finance a wild agrarian dream in his native Ohio. The ideas he planted at his utopian experimental farm, Malabar, would inspire America’s first generation of organic farmers and popularize the tenets of environmentalism years before Rachel Carson’s </span><em style="color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Silent Spring</em><span color="rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6)" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.19px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">A lanky Midwestern farm boy dressed up like a Left Bank bohemian, Bromfield stood out in literary Paris for his lavish hospitality and his green thumb. He built a magnificent garden outside the city where he entertained aristocrats, movie stars, flower breeders, and writers of all stripes. Gertrude Stein enjoyed his food, Edith Wharton admired his roses, Ernest Hemingway boiled with jealousy over his critical acclaim. Millions savored his novels, which were turned into Broadway plays and Hollywood blockbusters, yet Bromfield’s greatest passion was the soil.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">In 1938, Bromfield returned to Ohio to transform 600 badly eroded acres into a thriving cooperative farm, which became a mecca for agricultural pioneers and a country retreat for celebrities like Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (who were married there in 1945).</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">This sweeping biography unearths a lost icon of American culture, a fascinating, hilarious and unclassifiable character who―between writing and plowing―also dabbled in global politics and high society. Through it all, he fought for an agriculture that would enrich the soil and protect the planet. While Bromfield’s name has faded into obscurity, his mission seems more critical today than ever before."</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Reviews:</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span color="rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6)" style="font-family: times; letter-spacing: 0.19px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Kirkus Reviews: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.19px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span color="rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6)" style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/stephen-heyman/the-planter-of-modern-life/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/stephen-heyman/the-planter-of-modern-life/</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.19px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span color="rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6)" style="font-family: times;">2. Wall Street Journal: </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: 0.19px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #000030; font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-planter-of-modern-life-review-raising-the-bar-11587133008">https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-planter-of-modern-life-review-raising-the-bar-11587133008</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FGwre5hfvhQ4UkToAzB_g2X_L8bzJ9vZneXdmUecF-HVeEJ1dZG0cAj44ALL2qjdfFLYphYrzqVNxBJE1Y7K23puSDhTV9etTpHcnjEqzesp_GMISnLhGIC064cLIWgNCP_JMr6yT6PZ/s259/download-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="195" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4FGwre5hfvhQ4UkToAzB_g2X_L8bzJ9vZneXdmUecF-HVeEJ1dZG0cAj44ALL2qjdfFLYphYrzqVNxBJE1Y7K23puSDhTV9etTpHcnjEqzesp_GMISnLhGIC064cLIWgNCP_JMr6yT6PZ/s0/download-2.jpg" width="195" /></span></a></div><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Website for the Book</b>: <a href="https://www.theplanterofmodernlife.com/">https://www.theplanterofmodernlife.com/</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Publisher Site</b>: <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324001898">https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324001898</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Malabar Farm Foundation</b>: <a href="https://malabarfarm.org/">https://malabarfarm.org/</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>E.B White's Poem, "Malabar Farm", published in the New Yorker (1948):</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em;"><i>. . . Strangers arriving by every train,</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i>Bromfield terracing against the rain,</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i>Catamounts crying, mowers mowing,</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i>Guest rooms full to overflowing,</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i>Boxers in every room of the house,</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i>Cows being milked to Brahms and Strauss,</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i>Kids arriving by van and pung,</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i>Bromfield up to his eyes in dung,</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i>Sailors, trumpeters, mystics, actors,</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i>All of them wanting to drive the tractors,</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><i>All of them eager to husk the corn,</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><i>Some of them sipping their drinks till morn […]</i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.19px;"><i>Films</i>:</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.19px;"> </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. The Rains Came (1939): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkdQ95XEiY8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkdQ95XEiY8</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. "The Land" Documentary (1942): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-fAga_Yf10">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-fAga_Yf10</a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVP6adeuTMy3ZueFCJsHnha9qFMFmmZ_iiY62wKgNP5F6uRb6E0eU6Rduc3w_KdziLRN8ZTCGZOWOoVetVVAsXAESL5vsIn2Idt5ySQfK69P7G7Z-YLqBl3vrfQnBB5ZTkc3u0WjYVD5S/s259/images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVP6adeuTMy3ZueFCJsHnha9qFMFmmZ_iiY62wKgNP5F6uRb6E0eU6Rduc3w_KdziLRN8ZTCGZOWOoVetVVAsXAESL5vsIn2Idt5ySQfK69P7G7Z-YLqBl3vrfQnBB5ZTkc3u0WjYVD5S/w326-h243/images.jpg" width="326" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">(Malabar Farm: Ohiotraveler.com)</span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Interviews with Author:</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">1. National Endowment of the Humanities: <a href="https://www.neh.gov/blog/planter-modern-life-qa-stephen-heyman">https://www.neh.gov/blog/planter-modern-life-qa-stephen-heyman</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">2. Hudson Library: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEAlxErPtA8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEAlxErPtA8</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Discussion Questions: </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6AQcWU2EKQxpHZn06Q6lUMx9S0q9lvqkOVzmd4yYWaxd0qboaEVPvGgUMoLtrcO-Fs4nisjbXq00j6mP9qNuKfRe1wg6wgNBfY5gipRaoTHTcYEDb_hkfdZqrZi1cNFwVhPoQuJZVzJp/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="468" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6AQcWU2EKQxpHZn06Q6lUMx9S0q9lvqkOVzmd4yYWaxd0qboaEVPvGgUMoLtrcO-Fs4nisjbXq00j6mP9qNuKfRe1wg6wgNBfY5gipRaoTHTcYEDb_hkfdZqrZi1cNFwVhPoQuJZVzJp/w527-h578/image.png" width="527" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br /><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1CwYmZ1KWMwWAQ_4Q8hxEmqR5epbb1-Ymh8THWINmkqoCeUoMKPsJIOfV0f8s8JtWtcy1OPM9AdhyTTr9SPpS9e0qhKAuVnO6lNPxFRVN911a3OgTTaopHNuvaW8xlXSQuH3XuT9U5gZ/s312/download-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="312" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga1CwYmZ1KWMwWAQ_4Q8hxEmqR5epbb1-Ymh8THWINmkqoCeUoMKPsJIOfV0f8s8JtWtcy1OPM9AdhyTTr9SPpS9e0qhKAuVnO6lNPxFRVN911a3OgTTaopHNuvaW8xlXSQuH3XuT9U5gZ/s0/download-4.jpg" width="312" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>(Louis Bromfield and the farm: richlandsource.com)</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: rgba(40, 26, 23, 0.6); letter-spacing: 0.19px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-77409408914998474422021-07-26T10:20:00.009-07:002021-08-23T06:29:58.900-07:00Spirals in Time by Helen Scales<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hT2R7wnJi4V7W-YSwN76Epn_dqvsGrij5A4tty3OHiyTXo0GS_tAsgWzR1mSe2Mkz7zkYgYs8G1xXQHBm19rCTt7IzR47l7jOfqCcPfrMjsgks8_yW7b8qp33kB2tlpaoGoQncwHMxG4/s284/download-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hT2R7wnJi4V7W-YSwN76Epn_dqvsGrij5A4tty3OHiyTXo0GS_tAsgWzR1mSe2Mkz7zkYgYs8G1xXQHBm19rCTt7IzR47l7jOfqCcPfrMjsgks8_yW7b8qp33kB2tlpaoGoQncwHMxG4/s0/download-5.jpg" /></a></div><p><b>Summary</b>: (Amazon): <span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">Seashells are the sculpted homes of a remarkable group of animals: the molluscs. These are some of the most ancient and successful animals on the planet.</span></p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">But watch out. Some molluscs can kill you if you eat them. Some will kill you if you stand too close.</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </b><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">That hasn't stopped people using shells in many ways over thousands of years. They became the first jewelry and oldest currencies; they've been used as potent symbols of sex and death, prestige and war, not to mention a nutritious (and tasty) source of food.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Spirals in Time </i><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">is an exuberant aquatic romp, revealing amazing tales of these undersea marvels. Helen Scales leads us on a journey into their realm, as she goes in search of everything from snails that 'fly' underwater on tiny wings to octopuses accused of stealing shells and giant mussels with golden beards that were supposedly the source of Jason's golden fleece, and learns how shells have been exchanged for human lives, tapped for mind-bending drugs and inspired advances in medical technology. Weaving through these stories are the remarkable animals that build them, creatures with fascinating tales to tell, a myriad of spiralling shells following just a few simple rules of mathematics and evolution.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">Shells are also bellwethers of our impact on the natural world. Some species have been overfished, others poisoned by polluted seas; perhaps most worryingly of all, molluscs are expected to fall victim to ocean acidification, a side-effect of climate change that may soon cause shells to simply melt away. But rather than dwelling on what we risk losing, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Spirals in Time</i><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"> urges you to ponder how seashells can reconnect us with nature, and heal the rift between ourselves and the living world.</span></p><p><b>Reviews:</b></p><p>Kirkus: <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/helen-scales/spirals-in-time/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/helen-scales/spirals-in-time/</a></p><p>Wall Street Journal: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/natures-architects-1439579229">https://www.wsj.com/articles/natures-architects-1439579229</a></p><p>The Economist: <a href="https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2015/07/18/shell-company">https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2015/07/18/shell-company</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4l9_I3vmXw8Jbu_QURz4rqos-Mp2VsrRlQQPfgX3SK8Fbw5nJlQ7xtUjgJ9NPKPFm35fL569LwC8BYKUiUgKDN0vmVcUfJXKbEr9LEIZVZMDwFfKt4adbN7vV_-3HhhuA587S25iE5yL/s282/images-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="282" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4l9_I3vmXw8Jbu_QURz4rqos-Mp2VsrRlQQPfgX3SK8Fbw5nJlQ7xtUjgJ9NPKPFm35fL569LwC8BYKUiUgKDN0vmVcUfJXKbEr9LEIZVZMDwFfKt4adbN7vV_-3HhhuA587S25iE5yL/w302-h192/images-1.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Amazon)</div><p><b>Author's Website</b>: <a href="https://helenscales.com/spirals-in-time/">https://helenscales.com/spirals-in-time/</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1L9JvCrTNz1Z1i9QnfVPn99vzZg8zigauU38vIAUv3XRvJEoRfNaVcwTR_KU7UAit-kQGRZy7v0L-GvW36G0JjBl4GAaak-qZMyCaqEt47OpgwYy48CqamSjZodM0XobpeHR5zSGuNu2/s275/download-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1L9JvCrTNz1Z1i9QnfVPn99vzZg8zigauU38vIAUv3XRvJEoRfNaVcwTR_KU7UAit-kQGRZy7v0L-GvW36G0JjBl4GAaak-qZMyCaqEt47OpgwYy48CqamSjZodM0XobpeHR5zSGuNu2/s0/download-5.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Newscientist.com)</div><p><b>Interviews:</b> </p><p>BBC: Radio 4: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r0b31">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r0b31</a></p><p>Talks at Google: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OFs5W3KULo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OFs5W3KULo</a></p><p>Royal Geographical Society: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxkGz8yIn_8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxkGz8yIn_8</a></p><p><b>Articles and Videos:</b></p><p>1. "Digital Seashells and David Raup": <a href="https://www.deepseanews.com/2015/07/digital-seashells-and-david-raup/">https://www.deepseanews.com/2015/07/digital-seashells-and-david-raup/</a></p><p>2. "David Raup, Who Transformed the Field of Paleontology Dies at 82": <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/16/us/david-m-raup-who-transformed-field-of-paleontology-dies-at-82.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/16/us/david-m-raup-who-transformed-field-of-paleontology-dies-at-82.html</a></p><p>3. Article and Video: Argonauts: <a href="https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2020/10/05/paper-nautilus/">https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2020/10/05/paper-nautilus/</a>; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/27/argonauts-the-astronauts-of-the-sea">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/27/argonauts-the-astronauts-of-the-sea</a></p><p><b>Discussion Questions: </b>(John will be leading the discussion and here are his questions.)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59JU8htOOBpMMvbOgoye4CvraYLewOAcdBwewIhRzXJnpSOps6ukbUMJgIqKqeLI8rtMMu44AhOzgpSsQx2RlpN5tyx56PcNr4quapA7yo8A7oatBKZsju3_GoAMoul8G701zeeuc54Vq/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="468" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59JU8htOOBpMMvbOgoye4CvraYLewOAcdBwewIhRzXJnpSOps6ukbUMJgIqKqeLI8rtMMu44AhOzgpSsQx2RlpN5tyx56PcNr4quapA7yo8A7oatBKZsju3_GoAMoul8G701zeeuc54Vq/w553-h473/image.png" width="553" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhi9cK9s330Y0crUJAZeuohkkKw0eurGIlFtW4UF1Q-ECBR25vxPd56PC5PiPnq2k1BGK8bUiJuG-HWucuqfyE3EBSV_5cIBSI4_FKXh9kMMTXcdNgltbz3T3m0XxDq110xHoVL2kG2Oo/s310/download-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhi9cK9s330Y0crUJAZeuohkkKw0eurGIlFtW4UF1Q-ECBR25vxPd56PC5PiPnq2k1BGK8bUiJuG-HWucuqfyE3EBSV_5cIBSI4_FKXh9kMMTXcdNgltbz3T3m0XxDq110xHoVL2kG2Oo/w368-h194/download-6.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634469572749469342.post-81344998460276446402021-06-26T11:24:00.004-07:002021-07-15T13:56:58.384-07:00The Last Butterflies by Nick Haddad<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-udeG5m6z2FtDrc9_TXEF-kMiBxyWBqaKCb3QYR2LJgk6RyzPOVrtwijExWUZi2ijYyi1I3A8l-5ZQiLsg-VIA7QcmgVunPRI0DE7Tqjgliai5wKijX5HeltfDSSq0x5z-PSSSYDvQ43/s499/31iJRRQw9rL._SX327_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="329" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-udeG5m6z2FtDrc9_TXEF-kMiBxyWBqaKCb3QYR2LJgk6RyzPOVrtwijExWUZi2ijYyi1I3A8l-5ZQiLsg-VIA7QcmgVunPRI0DE7Tqjgliai5wKijX5HeltfDSSq0x5z-PSSSYDvQ43/s320/31iJRRQw9rL._SX327_BO1%252C204%252C203%252C200_.jpg" /></a></div><p><b>Summary </b>(Princeton University Press): <span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Most of us have heard of such popular butterflies as the Monarch or Painted Lady. But what about the Fender’s Blue? Or the St. Francis’ Satyr? Because of their extreme rarity, these butterflies are not well-known, yet they are remarkable species with important lessons to teach us. </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;">The Last Butterflies </i><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">spotlights the rarest of these creatures―some numbering no more than what can be held in one hand. Drawing from his own first-hand experiences, Nick Haddad explores the challenges of tracking these vanishing butterflies, why they are disappearing, and why they are worth saving. He also provides startling insights into the effects of human activity and environmental change on the planet’s biodiversity.</span></p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Weaving a vivid and personal narrative with ideas from ecology and conservation, Haddad illustrates the race against time to reverse the decline of six butterfly species. Many scientists mistakenly assume we fully understand butterflies’ natural histories. Yet, as with the Large Blue in England, we too often know too little and the conservation consequences are dire. Haddad argues that a hands-off approach is not effective and that in many instances, like for the Fender’s Blue and Bay Checkerspot, active and aggressive management is necessary. With deliberate conservation, rare butterflies can coexist with people, inhabit urban fringes, and, in the case of the St. Francis’ Satyr, even reside on bomb ranges and military land. Haddad shows that through the efforts to protect and restore butterflies, we might learn how to successfully confront conservation issues for all animals and plants.</span><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span><b>Author's Site:</b> <a href="https://nickhaddadlab.com/">https://nickhaddadlab.com/</a></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZMeXsc02CoUV2us5l17JkrbRYa5gKE58jGIF0yGubhueA34QHgGfVIVuanYWkbX3w9_48m143wlZkVUjyKhdw3M2VPvCCSfVHSuzW1ORek1-6tmacq6jq4ob8pSDU2Ex25ylkv1_YiUk/s225/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZMeXsc02CoUV2us5l17JkrbRYa5gKE58jGIF0yGubhueA34QHgGfVIVuanYWkbX3w9_48m143wlZkVUjyKhdw3M2VPvCCSfVHSuzW1ORek1-6tmacq6jq4ob8pSDU2Ex25ylkv1_YiUk/s0/download.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Princeton Press)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>North American Butterfly Association:</b> <a href="https://www.naba.org/">https://www.naba.org/</a></div></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span><b>Interviews:</b></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span>1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ7zekjcmlA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ7zekjcmlA</a></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">2. <a href="https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/news/bombs-for-butterflies-an-interview-with-dr-nick-haddad/">https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/news/bombs-for-butterflies-an-interview-with-dr-nick-haddad/</a></span></div><div>3. <a href="http://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-nick-haddad/">http://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-nick-haddad/</a></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14-8p52lnSASEpvU7vVWIgwjSxDxjq1wDfnT_VMmWp84BXJhasF6TOreI5B6x9YUpAeSN3O-U9Qys_Nh_peYDXz8Z2ossdTmF5Ta7eRzwiZ6WqYoRwEnJHrOTx8O6-LUmsUwO9FjxFoVl/s236/download-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14-8p52lnSASEpvU7vVWIgwjSxDxjq1wDfnT_VMmWp84BXJhasF6TOreI5B6x9YUpAeSN3O-U9Qys_Nh_peYDXz8Z2ossdTmF5Ta7eRzwiZ6WqYoRwEnJHrOTx8O6-LUmsUwO9FjxFoVl/s0/download-4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(St Francis Satyr - Wikipedia)</span></div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span><b>Articles: </b></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span>1. Scientific American: <a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-last-butterflies/">https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-last-butterflies/</a></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span>2. Conservation Corridors: <a href="https://conservationcorridor.org/corridors-in-conservation/">https://conservationcorridor.org/corridors-in-conservation/</a></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">3. Rare Butterflies surviving on Army Bases: <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/butterflies-department-of-defense/">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/butterflies-department-of-defense/</a></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span><b>Celebrate All Butterflies in July at Bucks Audubon with these exciting upcoming events:</b></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span>Register here: Go to July on the Calendar and Click on the different events to register:</span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: #333333;"><b><a href="https://www.bcas.org/calendar/">https://www.bcas.org/calendar/</a></b></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1Hw1sdKm_Vs3aFTWs6x-cg0WM7KqX4PJgLkXyEx_SBaVbxNzn8X08B196EQqP3K1pAPELUlYdpqGDdeQ4WFajZKmEd8GJZ34-PyhwmnZ-dsdnP2YDTZm0ak8QZKY0eJ731oAxYNnJl_j/s960/cropped-beauty-on-the-wing-kim-smith-films-copyright-kim-smith-3-of-12.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="960" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1Hw1sdKm_Vs3aFTWs6x-cg0WM7KqX4PJgLkXyEx_SBaVbxNzn8X08B196EQqP3K1pAPELUlYdpqGDdeQ4WFajZKmEd8GJZ34-PyhwmnZ-dsdnP2YDTZm0ak8QZKY0eJ731oAxYNnJl_j/w465-h121/cropped-beauty-on-the-wing-kim-smith-films-copyright-kim-smith-3-of-12.jpg" width="465" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />July 8 @ 7 p.m. <span> </span><span> <span> </span></span>Monarch Migration Trip Virtual Presentation</span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">July 22 @ 6:00 p.m. <span> </span><span> </span>Nature Lover's Book Club Meeting - Note we are meeting earlier!!</span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">July 22 @ 7:00 p.m. <span> </span><span> </span>Butterfly Count Virtual Presentation</span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">July 24 @ 12:00 p.m. <span> </span>North American Butterfly Count on s</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">ite at Bucks Audubon</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">July 31 @ 4:00 p.m. <span> <span> </span></span>Documentary Virtual Showing of "<i>Beauty on the Wing</i>" with the filmmaker, Kim Smith</span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Here's the film's website: <a href="https://monarchbutterflyfilm.com/">https://monarchbutterflyfilm.com/</a><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div><b>Discussion Questions:</b> (Heidi will be leading the discussion.)</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;">1. There is so little known about the natural history of rare butterflies, even common ones. Getting down to basics, what do you know about butterflies? How would you describe them? What is their lifecycle? (p. 8) What do they need to be successful? How are butterflies and moths different? (p. 65)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;">2. What is your experience with them? Do you have a butterfly garden or offer plants that might attract them? What kind of plants do you include? Any host plants? Are you trying to attract any specific ones? Have you raised any?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;">3. What is the goal and scope of the author for this book? (p. 7) Were you familiar with any of the rare butterflies discussed in the book? Why are they worth studying? (p. 210)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;">4. Discuss the issues that are causing the decline of butterflies? What future issues might impact them? (p. 106)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;">5. What are some of the methods used to count butterflies and discuss the varied challenges. Which Community Science projects are there for butterflies? Have you participated in any?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;">6. There are truly some remarkable stories shared with many unexpected twists and turns. Which ones did you especially find interesting? Surprising? What relationships do some butterflies have with beaver? (p. 133-) Ants? (p. 176)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;">7. What are some of the restoration practices that can help improve population stability and even growth?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;">8. Has this book changed how you view butterflies? Are you hopeful? What steps can you take personally to help? </p></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJLRwqwMUys4ORjMTzTYmioWMtaRNnnKCYjKu_dz1pCDgWBcqGbF7V753BFf5OZjYfWJdhlQwJ_roMrK8SPD3kc9PdfA0LL-z6MP1izV72QcfrYfWl_EXDsuwezS50nfuPqzZ-U9XuKxe/s1098/1200px-icaricia_icarioides_missionensis_3.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJLRwqwMUys4ORjMTzTYmioWMtaRNnnKCYjKu_dz1pCDgWBcqGbF7V753BFf5OZjYfWJdhlQwJ_roMrK8SPD3kc9PdfA0LL-z6MP1izV72QcfrYfWl_EXDsuwezS50nfuPqzZ-U9XuKxe/s320/1200px-icaricia_icarioides_missionensis_3.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Fender's Blue - https://davethebugguy.org)</span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>The Nature Lover's Book Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561936168384759483noreply@blogger.com