As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potaw...

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  I moved a little out of my comfort range to read this one.  And I am SO happy I did. Trust me and pick this up. A country descending into ...

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Sharing my recommendation for Pat Conroy's Cookbook at Facebook prompted two friends to recommend writings by two more of my favorite f...

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Essays are, for me, comfort reading. I write them for that very same reason.  Essays have long been my first writing love. There have been p...

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