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Aug 29Liked by Mike Sowden

Thanks for the audible tip! I have been not starting the actual book and today listened to the first 2 chapters on slow hot walks to and from work. Loving it ❤️

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Aug 28Liked by Mike Sowden

SO GOOD! Your writing and your determined pursuit of wonder is so inspiring. Thank you

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It’s wonderful! And as soon as I read how she walked with an insect tracker, I thought: this has to include Charley Eiseman, and it did! I’ve had the good fortune to meet him. He’s a kind, generous, extremely observant and knowledgeable guy who helped me identify a strange (to me) bug I found on a sycamore (sycamore lacewing) and tipped me off to the existence of terrestrial caddis flies, which make distinctive tiny homes. He truly changed the way I look at any plant with leaves. Knowing that insects can live inside the leaf itself, and do all over, is just so cool!

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I really enjoyed the second chapter. So interesting to learn that there are rocks from probably all over the world (and all over time) in such a small radius.

"Red granite from Missouri sat next to stone from Knoxville, Tennessee, and immigrant limestone from France rested alongside the Midwesterners, both politely quiet on the other's accent."

Lovely read, thanks for the recommendation Mike!

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