#lawrence millman

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Have you read "A Kayak Full of Ghosts" by Lawrence Millman?

Yes

No

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I've never heard of this

Voting ended onJun 17, 2024

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Recent excerpts of books on fungi

Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake / Fungipedia, Lawrence Millman / Entangled Life

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Review: The Book of ORIGINS by Lawrence Millman

Review: The Book of ORIGINS by Lawrence Millman

If you’re in the mood for a different kind of book, a book that can be a quick read if you’re into entertaining ideas that flash by like a whirlwind or a book that can take forever to read because the content constantly makes you stop and think, well then, The Book of ORIGINS: Rude Tales from the Big Bang to the Big Now by Lawrence Millman from NFB Publishing just might be what you’re looking for.

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The girl swore revenge for the death of her husband.

Now the old man got into the habit of rowing across the fjord with food for his grandchildren, of whom he was very fond. One day he rowed across and flung them their meat, but they still seemed to be hungry. The mother told them to lick the blood off the cover of the old man's kayak. Which they did. And then she smiled: "Eat him, my children!" And they knocked over the old man and quickly devoured him.

"Well done!" exclaimed the mother. But soon she was sorry, for her children had no source of food now. So she took the soles of her kamiks, made masts of whale-bone, and turned them into boats. Then she put her offspring in these boats. To one group, she said: "Go inland, and live on reindeer." These became Red Men. To another group, she said, "Go east, and plant your food in the dirt of the ground." These became White Men. She sent the rest of her children north. She told them: "You will not find much food to eat, so take whatever you can." And these became the Inuit.

Thus everyone is descended from these children. As for the girl herself, she stayed behind on the island. Having no meat, she starved to death. Her last days she spent thinking of her sweet little dog-children.

“The Girl Who Married Her Dog” from A Kayak full of Ghosts: Eskimo Folk Tales

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Distracted by Nature

A morning message from my dear friend Carissa set the tone for today. Her Lenten devotional is based on the poetry of Mary Oliver and she thought of me when she read “The Summer Day.” The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my…

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Time Well Spent

Time. I never seem to have enough of it. Time with my guy. Time with our sons. Time with family. Time with friends. Time to explore. Time to reflect. Time to write. Time to sketch. Time to be . . . in tune with the world around me and my own soul. And so today, when I heard a pileated woodpecker as it worked on dead ash tree by one of the stonewalls, I decided to take a break from work and give…

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The mood of transcendent ease made me feel as blissful as a lotus-eater, as though I were experiencing a slow afternoon in eternity. --Lawrence Millman, "Yap Magic," Islands, May-June 1999

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Book of December: Fascinating Fungi of New England by Lawrence Millman

Book of December: Fascinating Fungi of New England by Lawrence Millman

Book of December I never thought that I would develop a fondness for fungi, but alas, I have. Don’t get me wrong, I still don’t know them well, but am in the continual process of developing a deeper appreciation for the fruiting bodies I see and the mycelia that probes beneath the surface forever in search of nutrients. For a beginner like me, Fascinating Fungi of New England by Lawrence Millman…

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