Reading and Roaming
THE JOY OF FAMILY About once a year, I indulge in a paragraph or two about our granddaughters. They come to Maine with their parents for a week each August, and it’s a fun time. Filled with favorite activities from swimming in the cove to competing at miniature golf to several trips to the local bookstore. Add in …
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MAINE’S SUMMER GREENS Inland a bit from its rocky coast, Maine has stretches of woodland with lots of green. Green trees, conifers of several types, including long-legged cypresses, and also oak and maple trees. Thick ferns line the roadside and, if you time it just right, you might see the local family of turkeys crossing the road. The …
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This week, I comment on a novel about several Irish women who’d like more in their lives and on a TV series about the infamous English sisters who thought nothing of ignoring and defying the accepted standards of society. Plus I offer up a few photos taken at the local botanical garden. RECENT READING: VILLAGE …
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SUMMER READING: SHARING IN NATURE The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer In this small volume, Native American plant ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer uses the serviceberry bush as a way to riff on the concept of a gift economy. Also known as Juneberry, Saskatoon, or Shadbush, the serviceberry has small white flowers and …
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