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2023-2024 Common Read - Braiding Sweetgrass: The Sound of Silverbells

"The land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness." p. 222

Silverbell flowers

Photo by and (c)2016 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Dogwood in bloom

Image courtesy of Wikimedia

American redbud (Cercis canadensis), tree in flower

Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Wild Ginger

wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Tulip Poplar

Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Wintergreen

Image courtesy of Encyclopedia Britannica

Trailing Arbutus

Image courtesy of Wikimedia

Bunchberry

Image courtesy of Encyclopedia Britannica

Spruce-Fir Moss Spider

Image courtesy of the National Wildlife Foundation

Hermit Thrush

Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Keywords

Endowed (Endow): to provide with something freely or naturally (MW)

Evangelical: marked by militant or crusading zeal (MW)

Gradient: the rate of regular or graded ascent or descent (MW)

Immersion: instruction based on extensive exposure to surroundings or conditions that are native or pertinent to the object of study (MW)

Phenological (Pehnology): A branch of science dealing with the relations between climate and periodic biological phenomena (MW)

Primacy: the state of being first (as in importance, order, or rank) (MW)

Remnant:  a usually small part, member, or trace remaining (MW)

Sporulating (Sporulation): the formation of spores (MW)

Subversive (Subvert) : to challenge somebody’s ideas or expectations and make them consider the opposite (OLD)

Switchback: a zigzag road, trail, or section of railroad tracks for climbing a steep hill. (MW)

Watercourse: a stream of water (such as a river, brook, or underground stream) (MW)

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