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Reading Rooms and Brain Deer
Warning: a somewhat wacky blog post follows. I’m writing on Saturday afternoon in the wake of the news that Joe Biden is the...
Nov 8, 20206 min read
Introduction: Take Two
Last March, when the pandemic hit, I began this blog for my FYSM 1004 course. At the time, none of us were certain what was going to...
Oct 25, 20203 min read
The Feet of the Dead, the Feet of the Living
In class, we have read sections from Robert MacFarlane's Landmarks. Today, however, I want to think about two passages from his most...
Mar 31, 20202 min read
The Writing on the Wall
The biologist narrator of Jeff VanderMeer’s Annhiliation is fascinated by a tunnel/tower that descends deep into the earth. The team she...
Mar 29, 20202 min read
Holding Sweetgrass, Holding Stories
Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass begins with a description of the Indigenous practice of braiding sweetgrass. In this...
Mar 25, 20202 min read
Introduction: Sheltering in Thinking
As we attempt to chart this uncharted territory, I thought it might be helpful to provide daily blog posts that reflect on readings we...
Mar 24, 20201 min read
Demanding That Which is Good
Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring in 1962. It ignited a movement. She was focused on unchecked pesticide use and its impact on the...
Mar 24, 20202 min read
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