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Before walking toward the forest’s edge, I offer a silent goodbye to the gray-green waters of the Pacific.
Caroline Van Hemert • The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
she was little; hepaticas, trillium, jack-in-the-pulpit.
Elizabeth Strout • Amy and Isabelle: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
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Every incident connected with the breaking up of the rivers and ponds and the settling of the weather is particularly interesting to us who live in a climate of so great extremes. When the warmer days come, they who dwell near the river hear the ice crack at night with a startling whoop as loud as artillery, as if its icy fetters were rent from end
... See moreHenry David Thoreau • Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
fishermen: darting eyes, caught in nets of wrinkles,
Pat Barker • Toby's Room (Life Class Trilogy Book 2)

His hand was out before him, his fingers gripping an imaginary bottle. “Here’s your maple syrup,” he said. When Dave said, “And what is that for?” Gordon said, “To eat my ass with.” Right then a skateboarder-type with green hair
Benjamin Percy • Refresh, Refresh: Stories
The smallmouth bass lives in warm water and is not snobby. Where we fished, they were brown with wide black stripes, a large one, fattened on crayfish, resembled a flattened football. The trout prefers cold water and cares about its reputation, like an English aristocrat. It’s usually brilliantly colored with vivid spots. The smallmouth is strong a
... See moreDavid Coggins • The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life
With regard to a person, this refers to a Canaanite servant who is elderly and the seller dyes his hair and his beard so that he will look younger.88 With regard to an animal, this refers to giving it bran water to drink so that its girth would be inflated and its hair would stand straight so that it appears bulkier. Similarly, it is forbidden to c
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