Drew Lanham: Mystic Ornithologist
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 …
Category: Books
Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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.
Book Review: The Overstory by Richard Powers
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 …
Book Review: Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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 …