Woodswoman III: Book Three of the Woodswoman's Adventures

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The Third Of A Trilogy And A Masterpiece!

Five stars for the truth of her life and "right on" analysis

An exciting look at a life many of us would dream of having

A tale of courage told in a moving and unsentimental way

A captivating and inspiring account of wilderness life.

Woodswoman III: Book Three of the Woodswoman's Adventures
Anne LaBastille
Manufacturer: West of the Wind Pubns
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The Third Of A Trilogy And A Masterpiece!.......2001-06-14

Mind you, I am a great fan of Dr. LaBastille and have nearly all of her books; most of them signed. However, this third installment of her career as a "woodswoman" seems achingly final. All three books are adventures in the North Woods, however, this one clearly shows how her writing has matured with her own experiences. With harsher stories of vandals, environmental scoundrels and the personal tragedies, she seems to counter it all with great stories of bravery, incredible freindships and profound people. She still endears the reader with magical stories of the woods, lakes and mountains. Marking her third decade living in the Adirondack wilderness, Dr. LaBastille's writing is more realistic, world-wary and sometimes achingly mature. Facing ageing, near helplessness at the pollution and noise on wilderness lakes, she still keeps her sense of humor with great dignity. A gracious gift or a book for your collection; she shares her life of passion.

Five stars for the truth of her life and "right on" analysis.......1999-11-10

Reading this book summarizes not only one woman's experience but my own more limited experience in the world of humans and the world of wilderness and animals. Hopefully one or some will be raised to a greater awareness/conscience. Anne has made a GREAT difference with her honesty, love, strength, initiative... I mark all of her books with hopes that those reading after me will learn that I, too, agree with her insights and assertively support her work! Anne's books are 'must reads' for EVERYWOMAN, not just 'wilderness types.'

An exciting look at a life many of us would dream of having.......1998-11-05

This book is simply a continuation of one woman's life in the Adirondacks, in a house she built by herself. But if we look deeper it really is another look into the life of a fascinationg woman who chose to leave civilization and do what she truely wants. Each chapter is a different adventure and you follow her life with her dogs and her friends and especially the land on which she lives. The writing is beautifully descriptive and you can't help but wish you were her.

A tale of courage told in a moving and unsentimental way.......1998-09-05

An interesting account of a woman living alone in the wilderness with tales of courage, bravery, and tenderness in her love for her dogs and the Adirondacks. I have read all of Ms. LaBastille's books and have enjoyed them all.

A captivating and inspiring account of wilderness life........1998-08-04

I couldn't put this book down! Anne has a way of sharing her experiences with the reader that made me want to consider a major lifestyle change, and has made me much more sensitive to environmental concerns. Her descriptions of the land and people are reminiscent of Thoreau and Hardy...truly inspirational!

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Features 112 species, organized into five main sections according to flower type. The text provides interesting notes on uses, names and ecology of the plants, blooming times, habitats and guidelines to let you know whether the flowers can be picked. The novice is aided by a pictorial guide organized by flower colour. The book also feature an illustrated key and a glossary.

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Wild flowers of Alberta
R. G. H Cormack
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Prairie wildflowers: An illustrated manual of species suitable for cultivation and grassland restoration

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Prairie wildflowers: An illustrated manual of species suitable for cultivation and grassland restoration
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Once known to the world only through the reports of a few anthropologists and missionaries, the island of Borneo is getting a lot of press these days--especially now that its once-huge tracts of rainforest are falling ever faster for Tokyo paneling and Euromodern furniture. British journalist Andro Linklater set out to have a look at the headhunting Iban, whose formerly inaccessible homeland lies smack in the chainsaw's path. As a work of amateur anthropology, Wild People outdoes many professional efforts to explain ways of life in societies that are close to nature. The book is not for the squeamish, however. Linklater's excursus on the bloodsucking leeches of the island, alternately humorous and revolting, puts his book in the same universe as Redmond O'Hanlon's masterpiece Into the Heart of Borneo.

Wild People Travels with Borneo's Head-Hunters

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Wild People Travels with Borneo's Head-Hunters
Andro Linklater
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What makes populations stabilize? What makes them fluctuate? Are populations in complex ecosystems more stable than populations in simple ecosystems? In 1973, Robert May addressed these questions in this classic book. May investigated the mathematical roots of population dynamics and argued-counter to most current biological thinking-that complex ecosystems in themselves do not lead to population stability. Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems played a key role in introducing nonlinear mathematical models and the study of deterministic chaos into ecology, a role chronicled in James Gleick's book Chaos. In the quarter century since its first publication, the book's message has grown in power. Nonlinear models are now at the center of ecological thinking, and current threats to biodiversity have made questions about the role of ecosystem complexity more crucial than ever. In a new introduction, the author addresses some of the changes that have swept biology and the biological world since the book's first publication.

Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems /Population Biology Monographs No. 6 (Monographs in Population Biology)

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Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems /Population Biology Monographs No. 6 (Monographs in Population Biology)
Robert M. May
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The theoretical aspects of crystal packing, the study of the nature and magnitude of the forces that hold molecules together in organic crystals, and of the most favourable arrangements of molecules in crystals are dealt with in this book. After an introductory chapter on the definition and relevance of symmetry in crystal packing, a chapter deals with the physical foundations of weak intermolecular forces and with their simulation by quantum chemical methods. Subsequently, the relationships between crystal structure and crystal thermodynamics are described using empirical intermolecular potentials to bridge the gap by computer modelling.

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This second volume of the Handbook of Formal Languages contains the most fundamental applications of language theory. Various aspects of linguistics and parsing, both natural and programming languages, symbolic manipulation, and pattern matching are discussed. A special feature is the recently very active field of DNA computing.

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Brings together three themes with interesting side trips........2004-07-26

As a Ph.D. candidate working in parsing and interested in model-theoretic syntax, I have found this book to be very useful. I have become very interested in the relation between languages, automata and logic, and how they relate to parsing and deduction. This handbook presents these things with some extra tidbits in chapters which from what I have read - I haven't read the whole book - are well-written and accessible. And the authors point out connections between each other's work.

What is especially interesting to me is the focus on languages where the chosen models are not strings, but instead trees, graphs, etc. For example, my present work is about semiring parsing, with tree automata as the operational model. I am interested in applying parsing as deduction to models which are arbitrary classes of graphs described by grammars written as formulas in some logic. Having recently bought this handbook for future reference, I was delighted to find a very accessible and useful chapter on tree automata which related to work I just started.

For my interests, the chapters on graph grammars, term rewriting and on automata, languages and logic are also enticing and I look forward to reading them as well. The other chapters aren't central to my own work, but I also look forward to reading them, for they seem interesting.

I encourage any researcher working with languages, whether they be artificial ones like XML trees, graphs representing networks or proofs, or they are natural languages, who would like to enter the new millenium to read this book as well as the other volumes of the Handbook of Formal Languages.

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A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House

Wonderful...

Beautiful

Beautifully written

A Parchment of Leaves (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Silas House
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It is the early 1900s in rural Kentucky, and young Saul Sullivan is heading up to Redbud Camp to look for work. He is wary but unafraid of the Cherokee girl there whose beauty is said to cause the death of all men who see her. But the minute Saul lays eyes on Vine, he knows she is meant to be his wife. Vine’s mother disapproves of the mixed marriage; Saul’s mother, Esme, has always been ill at ease around the Cherokee people. But once Vine walks into God’s Creek, Saul’s mother and brother Aaron take to her immediately. It quickly becomes clear to Vine, though, that Aaron is obsessed with her. And when Saul leaves God’s Creek for a year to work in another county, the wife he leaves behind will never be the same again. The violence that lies ahead for Vine, will not only test her spirit, but also her ability to forgive—both others and herself. . . .

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Wonderfully written sensory experience.......2007-05-25

Silas House has written a beautiful book that is so descriptive that you'd swear you could smell the wet leaves as the characters walk through the woods after a spring rain. This love story between Irish Saul Sullivan and Cherokee Vine is not to be missed. Wonderfully drawn characters, (my favorite is Serena, the wild midwife who befriends Vine), and lyrical, evocative writing make this a story not to be missed. If you enjoy this as much as I did, read House's The Coal Tattoo next, followed by Clay's Quilt. This will follow the whole family's saga from start to finish. All of these are wonderful stories, but this is the best of the batch, followed closely by Clay's Quilt.

A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House .......2007-02-24

Silas House writes beautiful novels. He teaches rich American History many of us would never learn if not for his books. I love to read about the Appalachians.

Wonderful..........2006-08-23

This is a beautifully written, beautifully told story of Vine, a young Cherokee woman in Kentucky of the early 1900's. Vine is a three dimensional character, well-defined and very real.

While the story is slowly paced, it does not lag in any way. House does a great job of describing what "Holler" life was like during that period of time, and especially what life was like for Native Americans. Esme, Aidia and Serena are also well written characters and add a great dynamic to the story.

I did find that the characters of Saul and Aaron needed a little bit more defining for me. Why did Aaron become the type of person that he did? Other than Saul being described as a man of few words, I never got a good sense of him. I'm not sure it was an entirely good idea to have written him out of so much of the book. I would have liked to have read more about the relationship between him and Vine. Regardless, this is still a great book that I highly recommend.

Beautiful.......2006-03-15

One of the best novels I have ever read. This book has everything a good read should: characters that become real to the reader, a wonderful sense of place, a sense of history and knowledge. Not only do you get completely wrapped up in the world of Vine Sullivan, but you also learn more about yourself in the process. A truly beautiful book that I can't recommend highly enough. I've bought a copy for everyone I love.

Beautifully written.......2006-02-27

I read this book during a rainy weekend and loved it. House's familiarity with Kentucky and his love for the hills and the heritage of the area resound in this tale. I was amazed that a male writer could get into the hearts and souls of the female characters he created. Bravo!

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A Parchment of Leaves

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A Parchment of Leaves
Silas House
Manufacturer: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OK6S20

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“People always say I’m going to look back on these days and laugh — why put it off?”

When Angela Nissel found herself struggling financially while in college, instead of sulking, she decided to entertain herself by creating an online journal that chronicled her day-to-day trials and tribulations. Written with humor and intelligence, her “Broke Diary” quickly found an audience as people wrote to Angela to empathize with, console, and laugh with her about her experiences and even share their own. The Broke Diaries is the first complete compilation of her experiences, written in a voice that is funny, unique, and dead-on.

On buying ramen noodles: I am sooooooo embarassed. I only have 33 cents. I (please don’t laugh) put the money on the counter and quickly attempt to dash out with my Chicken Flavored Salt Noodles. The guy calls me back! I look up instinctively, I should have run . . . Why didn’t I run???!! He tells me the noodles are 35 cents. I try to apologize sincerely. I thought the sign said 33 cents yesterday, so that’s all I brought with me. Could he wait while I ran home and get the 2 cents? I show him my student I.D. to let him know I am not a thief. He shakes his head and motions either for me to get the hell out of his store and never come back again or get the money as do come back. I don’t know. He said something like “Nyeh” and swiped his hand in my direction.
I can’t translate hand motions well.
The noodles: tasty!!!

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A hearty laugh.......2007-06-02

I read this novel quite some time ago and I must say that I was pleased! Angela Nissell is a broke college student just trying to survive. She keeps a journal of her everyday events and we are able to travel with her and go through her happiness and pain with her. I would recommend this book to anyone!

Reading in Public Draws Attention.......2007-03-01

There are times when people can let out polite laughter and nobody knows. NOT WITH THIS BOOK! REVOLUTION! I'm laughing while I type this review and laughed everywhere else (on the train, at my desk at work, at home). This book was hilarious. I love Nissel's dry wit. Some people just have a knack for being funny, and she's got it down to a science. I could relate to her on so many different levels about having broke days. Actually, after some of the crazy stories she told (from rent being overdue, to lack of food, to milking the bartender for free drinks, etc.), she made me feel rich. My favorite parts of the book was when she talked about her male friends (you could've given Corduroy another chance!), especially Peanut and TurdBoy. Absolutely classic. The only cons I could think of was the story about the chicken guy (I'm a vegetarian and sensitive to animals) and the stuttering poet (that's just mean to make fun of him...mean!) Other than that, great book!

I love this book........2007-02-15

Angela Nissel is hilarious...being a college student myself, I know how it is to be broke...not as much as Nissel though lol. The situations she got herself into will make you crack up...wonderful, fun book. Definitely recommend!

Funny Book.......2007-01-26

This book was pretty hilarious. It was great to read about her adventures as a completely broke college student. I really liked this book!

Laughing Out Loud!.......2006-12-13

I have had boyfriends tell me that they weren't sure about our compatibility because I don't laugh enough....I'm always so serious....Not anymore! Current boyfriend says he has never seen me laugh out loud so much as when I have been reading Angela Nissel's books. Not only does she keep it real, she is Chris Rock funny! Do not read this book in public unless you don't mind being embarassed. I don't want to say more and ruin the reading experience, but to avoid the hazards of reading this book, find a a quiet solitary place preferably near a restroom and don't drink too much while reading...

The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke

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The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke
Angela Nissel
Manufacturer: Villard Books
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The Vietnam War was an immense national tragedy that played itself out in the individual experiences of millions of Americans. The conflict tested and tormented the country collectively and individually in ways few historical events have. The Human Tra

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A cross-section of wartime opinions and experiences........2000-07-03

A dozen biographies of those opposed to or affected by Vietnam serve as the foundation for revealing how individuals were influenced by events of the times. Human Tradition in the Vietnam Era goes beyond most Vietnam books to provide a cross-section of opinions and experiences documenting the lasting effects of the war.

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A troubling look at the wide-ranging consequences of mass incarceration.

Over a quarter of the adult population in America has criminal records on file with federal or state criminal justice agencies.

Invisible Punishment is the first comprehensive examination of the hidden ramifications of conviction for inmates, ex-felons, their families and the communities they come from. Here, leading scholars and advocates bring to light a host of little-known "invisible punishments," from disenfranchisement and ineligibility for welfare benefits, public housing and employment opportunities, to price gouging by phone companies with prison contracts, gender imbalance in the inner-city neighborhoods from which prisoners are disproportionately drawn, and a generation of children with incarcerated parents.

Contributors include Donald Braman, Meda Chesney-Lind, Todd R. Clear, Angela J. Davis, Paul Farmer, James Forman Jr., Judith A. Greene, Josh Guetzkow, Tracy Huling, Marc Mauer, Teresa Miller, Debbie Mukamal, Becky Pettit, Beth Richie, Gwen Rubinstein, Vivien Stern, Peter Y. Sussman, Jeremy Travis, and Bruce Western.

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Prison is only the beginning.......2004-05-31

The United States has become the world leader in incarceration of its citizens. As Vivien Stern notes in the last chapter of Invisible Punishment, much of Europe looks at us, wondering what in the world we are doing--is the U.S. crazy? Only 15% of people in France think that a 21 year old repeat burglar should be sent to prison at all. Here, such a "repeat offender would routinely be given a 20 year sentence.

Yet that is only the beginning of the story. In some communities (a detailed essay on Washington D.C. is included) almost one-half of all young men will eventually be incarcerated. This rate of incarceration destroys the entire social fabric of a community. Dating relationships are altered(a long-term stable relationship for a woman in such a community becomes an unrealistic dream--there simply are not enough men out of prison to go around!). The economics of extended families are perverted--when the bread winner is locked up (male or female), older women usually get the kids, and have to support them, as well as bear the considerable costs (mainly telephone calls and visits) of maintaining a relationship between the children and their incarcerated parent.

Add to this personal impact, the distorting effect on the macro economy caused by "exporting" poor black men from the inner city to white, rural areas, with resulting shift in jobs and census based federal money out of the ghetto toward rural areas. As Tracy Huling discusses, while this shift may be superficially attractive to residents of small town America, in fact experience over the last 15 years has demonstrated time and again that locating a prison in town is not the route to economic salvation, and can often be the beginning of a downward spiral ending in bankruptcy, with the costs imposed by the new prison far outweighing its economic benefits.

All in all, Invisible Punishment provides a look at our criminal justice system from a variety of unusual perspectives. Not just another book that bemoans the hard life of prisoners; instead it focuses on the costs of incarceration to the rest of us.

Important book for the hate-ridden nation.......2004-01-26

A well-documented collection of articles and essays about the prison nation USA and what it has done, and will do to the millions of American children, orphaned because their mom or dad, or both wanted to feel better in the hostile environment of today. The devastation of American families, proliferation of homosexuality as a result of mass incarceration, destruction of millions of lives - all these crimes of the American system of "justice" are well-documented and scholarly presented in this book. Invisible Punishment is highly recommended to those who want to understand the essence and the consequence of the world's largest, American Gulag. A great supplement to this fact-oriented book would be www.nationofhate.us - the web site that multiplies the impact of those facts with a powerful emotional impact (unrelated to the authors and publishers of the Invisible Punishment).

Should be required reading for students of criminal justice.......2003-06-11

I chose this book because it is a collaborative effort of two of my favorite authors (Mauer and Chesney-Lind). Those familiar with the work of either of these two will not be disappointed. Anyone seeking a good understanding of the current operations of the criminal justice system, especially the enduring impact of incarceration on offenders, their families and the community as a whole, should definitely read this book. In fact, anyone seeking to study the criminal justice system, either as a student or a citizen, should read this book.

The topics covered in the book are too varied to adequately cover here. The overarching theme in each chapter, however, is this: Think about the consequences of current penal practices in the US. Moreover, think about all of the potential consequences, not just those readily apparent. For example, one chapter focuses on the denial of welfare benefits to persons convicted of drug offenses. For many former inmates, this means they cannot receive public assistance when released and are attempting to re-establish their lives in the free world. For some, it may mean that they cannot rejoin their families without jeopardizing their families' benefits (especially housing assistance). Regardless of your opinions on welfare and those who ought to be entitled to it, this chapter does make you question whether our national penal policies achieve their goals or do more harm than good. All of the chapters in the book take a similar approach to the topic at hand and stimulate thinking in the same manner.

The worst thing I can say about this book is that some of the chapters focusing on women, especially the one by Chesney-Lind, seem to advocate treating women differently than men. Though it is not explicitly stated in the book, some of the passages regarding women could be interpreted to advocate treating women better than men (i.e. not incarcerating women with children as frequently or for as long as men). If you are a feminist like me, who thinks equal treatment must mean equal treatment, not better treatment, you may struggle with some of what is implied here. That, however, should not deter you from reading it. In fact, it may inspire some much-needed thought and dialogue in this area.

Overall, I recommend this book without reservation. Instructors looking for material for corrections courses this fall should definitely consider this piece. An individual student may not find all of it relevant, but the individual chapters can stand alone to provide a different perspective on many corrections topics. Students studying corrections should also keep this book in mind, both for academic enrichment and for reference on specific topics.

The end of liberalism.......2003-02-20

This book is based on the idea that the level of policing which has brought an overall decrease in major crimes in American society is far too draconian to be considered effective. I am liberal enough to think that the worst aspect of law is the role that the government has assumed in attempting to set limits on the pleasure-seeking nature of American society, making itself the ultimate confiner of anyone who dares to commit petty offenses, particularly people who are self-treating themselves with drugs ("marijuana, felony possession of, collateral consequences, 5," is an entry in the index of this book) which are now available in the form of a chemical equivalent with a prescription from a physician. The social context of such draconian measures are the subject of INVISIBLE PUNISHMENT/ THE COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES OF MASS IMPRISONMENT, edited by Marc Mauer and Meda Chesney-Lind.

My favorite chapter is by Meda Chesney-Lind, "Imprisoning Women: The Unintended Victims of Mass Imprisonment." As an enormous portion of American society which generally can be considered non-threatening to anyone who is not afraid of being called a heterosexist male chauvinist pig, women have typically conformed to whatever behavior has been most socially acceptable, and the crimes mentioned most often in this book ought to be considered more pathetic than anything else. The factors (I'll stop listing these when I get to the word "random") which seem out of place in any society which would consider itself liberal include the following:

"get tough" sentencing policies (p. 79)

"vengeful equity" (p. 80)

the number of women incarcerated in prisons and jails in the United States is now about ten times greater than the number of women incarcerated in all of Western Europe. (p. 81)

far higher rates of physical and sexual abuse (p. 83)

the criminalization of girls' survival strategies, such as running away from home (p. 84)

working in retail may actually increase their involvement in certain property crimes, much like women's employment in bar and entertainment outlets often increases women's likelihood of getting involved in prostitution and drug abuse. (p. 85)

because they made so little money, 20 percent of the active women dealers reported twenty or more drug deals per day. (pp. 85-86)

women's deteriorating economic conditions (p. 86)

increased penalties (mandatory sentences) for drug offenses (p. 88)

Many women are being returned to prison not for new offenses but for technical parole violations because they fail to pass random drug tests. (p. 90)

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Can the love reserved for family and friends be extended to a place? In her latest book, acclaimed author Kathleen Dean Moore reflects on how deeply the environment is entrenched in the human spirit, despite the notion that nature and humans are somehow separate. Moore's essays, deeply felt and often funny, make connections in what can appear to be a disconnected world. Written in parable form, her stories of family and friends — of wilderness excursions with her husband and children, camping trips with students, blowing up a dam, her daughter's arrest for protesting the war in Iraq — affirm an impulse of caring that belies the abstract division of humans from nature, of the sacred from the mundane. Underlying these wonderfully engaging stories is the author’s belief in a new ecological ethic of care, one that expands the idea of community to include the environment, and embraces the land as family.

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Beautiful book -- beautiful life.......2006-07-13

This reminds me of "The Web of Life : A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems" by Fritjof Capra as well as his previous book "The Turning Point" on which the movie "Mindwalk" (by Bernt Amadeus Capra, with Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, and John Heard) was based. The difference is this book is not written by a physicist but by a philosopher whose engagement with her family and her environs is done in beautiful prose. Even an island is not an island.
What does it mean to love a person? What does it mean to love a place? The list (p. 35) is interesting and so both are similar. How many things I must love according to this list! But even though they all fit, would I say I really love my car? I suppose I am spoiled by C.S. Lewis' "The Four Loves" which I think gives us some wonderful ways of discriminating among different "loves" and keeping them clearly different in our minds. I suppose the issue would be in the degree of love -- number nine "desperately".
My favorite piece was about the bird hiding the nut in the backyard. What a great ending!

Excellent!.......2004-10-24

I had the pleasure of briefly meeting the author, Kathleen Dean Moore, and listening to her read a (too) brief selection of pieces from The Pine Island Paradox, her latest collection of essays. I was so moved by her approach to her work (she is co-founder and Director of The Spring Creek Project, devoted to expanding the connections between the environment, philosophy, and words) and her writing that I ran right out and bought this book.

I was not disappointed a bit. Ms. Moore has a gift for observations of the natural world and the ways western philosophy

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