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Writing that walloped me
The flight attendant had just demo’ed seat belts and was reaching for the sample life jacket when I pulled the May issue of Spirit magazine from the seat-back pocket in front of me. Soon after takeoff I came upon a … Continue reading
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Tagged attitudes toward animals, Lisa Jones, memoir writing, writing
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The great work of Thomas Berry
Thomas Berry, one of the foremost Christian thinkers to root his philosophy in the Earth, died yesterday at the age of 94. Born to the Appalachian hills, he became a Catholic priest of the Passionist order and then a renowned … Continue reading
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Tagged cosmology, ecological ethics, science, Thomas Berry
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Hop on the Berry Go Round
The 17th edition of the blog carnival Berry Go Round is up at Gravity’s Rainbow. Check out some fine photos and news of leaves, plants, and flowers from around the country (including my pasqueflower photo from earlier this month). Thanks, … Continue reading
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Tagged blog carnivals, community, plant ecology
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Oodles of birders
I’m happy to announce that this week’s post “Deliver me in a black-winged bird: meeting an eagle” appears in the 100th edition of Nature Blog Network’s “I and the Bird” blog carnival.
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Tagged birding, birds, birdwatching, blog carnivals, blogging, community
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My first blog carnival: What fun!
My post “String theory for mere mortals” gets a mention at the Scientia Pro Publica blog carnival, hosted by Bob O’Hara on his Deep Thoughts and Silliness blog. Woo-hoo! My first blog carnival. Having just gotten addicted to blogging a … Continue reading
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Tagged blog carnivals, blogging, science
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Priorities pay off
In the deadwater that is book publishing this month–big publishers have no credit to play with and are offering almost no contracts–an amazing thing happened: the author of a second novel received from Scribner an advance of $4.8 million. Yowze!