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Cheryl Sanders's avatar

“I understood at a very early age that in Nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never did. Walking in the woods, I felt in touch with the universe and with the spirit of the universe.” Alice Walker

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Tej Dhawan's avatar

I love your immensely powerful exhortation -- "If your library doesn’t have a copy, donate one."

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Constance Stellas's avatar

Beautiful. And Peter Wohlleben is the best. The caretaker and commuicator of the Wood Wide Web

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MARIBETH NEWMAN's avatar

Thank you! This makes my poison ivy worthwhile! Do you have Mayapples?

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GLENDA HANBACK's avatar

I didn't know all of this was taking place when I used to walk a wooded trail at Thomas Mitchell Park. Thank you and I will get a copy of the book to send to my granddaughter who is a teacher of second graders in Manhatten, KS.

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Christie Vilsack's avatar

Thanks. I think any teacher would love this book.

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Dr. Rachelle Keck's avatar

Beautiful!

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Sally pederson's avatar

What beautiful poetry in prose! Reading this has made my morning brighter.

Thank you, Christie!

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Jason Walsmith's avatar

I learned so much from this piece, thank you.

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Joseph A Toubes's avatar

I do not have such a "garden", I have fruit trees, not many but a few. Each spring, I watch the leaves and blossoms come out of the branches as with magic . Where to they come from? How does it work? To me it is if I am here, on the first day of creation, to witness the magic.

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