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Category: <span>Books</span>
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Book Review: The Mother West Wind Collection

Book Review: The Mother West Wind Collection

By Dave Shepherd August 24, 2021 August 24, 2021

The Mother West Wind Collection, vol. 1 by Thornton W. Burgess This volume contains four books:  Old Mother West Wind, Mother West Wind’s Children, Mother West Wind’s Animal Friends, & Mother West Wind’s Neighbors.  The …

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Drew Lanham: Mystic Ornithologist

Drew Lanham: Mystic Ornithologist

By Karin Johnson April 15, 2021 April 15, 2021

When my husband and I moved to Western New York in 1989 we searched for trails to hike and places to go that would immerse us in the arms of nature. We lived in New …

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Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

By Karin Johnson March 11, 2021 March 11, 2021

In this amazing book, Robin Wall Kimmerer, through story and memoir, illuminates the love of
Indigenous people for the land they inhabit. With gratitude and humility, they learned and taught respect, reciprocity and responsibility for the land and all living beings.

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Book Review:  The Overstory by Richard Powers

Book Review: The Overstory by Richard Powers

By Karin Johnson November 19, 2020 November 19, 2020

This Pulitzer Prize winning novel is the perfect winter read for anyone who cares about the preservation of public lands, and especially trees.  But … it takes reading stamina.  Beginning with a series of short …

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Book Review:  Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Book Review: Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer

By Karin Johnson October 15, 2020 October 15, 2020

When I was young,  my grandmother would buy flowers, plant them in clay pots, and place them on the graves of loved ones at our church cemetery.  When the flowers were planted and watered, she …

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