2021/146: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plant

2021/146: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants -- Robin Wall Kimmerer

The very facts of the world are a poem. Light is turned to sugar. Salamanders find their way to ancestral ponds following magnetic lines radiating from the earth. The saliva of grazing buffalo causes the grass to grow taller. Tobacco seeds germinate when they smell smoke. Microbes in industrial waste can destroy mercury. Aren’t these stories we should all know? [loc. 5324]

My 'dip-into' book for most of 2021: Kimmerer's essays and stories reward contemplation: I don't think I would have appreciated the book as much if I'd read it cover to cover without breaks.

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