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Rather let it be named from the fishes that swim in it, the wild fowl or quadrupeds which frequent it, the wild flowers which grow by its shores, or some wild man or child the thread of whose history is interwoven with its own; not from him who could show no title to it but the deed which a like-minded neighbor or legislature gave him—him who thoug
... See moreHenry David Thoreau • Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
Straw-hatted, barefoot, swinging their sandals, Shay and Felice set off walking along the hems of the incoming waves, in coral sand so fine that their footsteps leave milky clouds in the warm transparent shallows. Tiny ghost crabs, almost invisible, scatter in mincing crowds as they proceed, and the sea breeze of the rising tide ruffles the sea pin
... See moreAndrea Lee • Red Island House
In our Creation stories the origin of strawberries is important. Skywoman’s beautiful daughter, whom she carried in her womb from Skyworld, grew on the good green earth, loving and loved by all the other beings. But tragedy befell her when she died giving birth to her twins, Flint and Sapling. Heartbroken, Skywoman buried her beloved daughter in th
... See moreRobin Wall Kimmerer • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
