The essays are brief ones, with each focusing on a creature or plant. This makes them quick reads and accessible to slow readers as well as advanced ones. Their beautiful descriptions may be their most memorable quality: A low tide at noon has calmed the bay, where sandpipers rest on a spur of damp beach. A herring gull pecking at something backs off reluctantly at my approach.
Bucketless, I am collecting shells in the crown of my hat, discarding earlier specimens when I find something better.
This captivating passage opens "Hermit Crabs." In.....
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