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Being the Grass

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Natasha Shabat

It’s been dew, dew, dew, yet I’ve hardly given its “influence” a thought. Continue reading →

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Faith in a Seed

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Natasha Shabat

I recently finished reading Faith in a Seed, which collects some of Henry Thoreau‘s late nature writing that was published for the first time in 1993.  The book is composed largely of one of his lesser-known essays, “The Dispersion of Seeds,” … Continue reading →

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