#365Books Another dumb teenager who wants to live in the woods. But this one survives and thrives.
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365 Books: The Wild Within by Paul Rezendes
#365Books A beautiful book combining philosophy, mindfulness, nature, and poetical writing.
365 Books: Case Files of the Tracker by Tom Brown, Jr.
365Books There are some professions, I suspect, where even the most mundane "day at the office" anecdotes sound specious...
365 Books: My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Perhaps you saw the BBC/PBS series, The Durrells in Corfu, which is sort of based on the stories in this book. It disappointed me. But it would have been impossible, I think, to capture what makes this book special in a TV series - it would need to have long stretches of wildlife photography, straight …
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In Fall, My Thoughts Turn Outward
In this room, in this space, I can smell the sea. I feel it heavy on my skin, hear it distantly beyond that building and the next, and the street, and the big open space, and the freeway, the song sung by the passing ship. I can smell it, it weight on my tongue, tasting …