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Welcome to Nature Narrations!
April 2024
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We are delighted that you have found yourself in this space and hope you will be moved by the ecologically-themed art and narrative here. These pieces inspire a self-reflection and deeper consideration of the many different ways in which nature shapes all of the narratives in our lives. From the the importance of horseshoe crabs in Coney Island, to the beauty and wisdom of Animism and lastly to impressions of sustainable transportation. We ask: How can we create and work together to make the natural world a better place?
The blog will be updated intermittently; submissions are welcome.
Please send your submissions or questions to:
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Holly Martis McCarroll, Editor
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note that rights in the creative products featured here remain the property of their respective authors -
please reach out to the authors directly before using any of their work.
Vasu Jayanthi
Directions for Tracking My Ancestry
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A loud whistle.
A wood bench.
A big cloud of steam over rolling hills.
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One of my earliest memories is from when I was three years old, riding the famous and historic Strasburg steam train with my parents in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The sun was beating down on us on the platform, and when we finally entered the red carriage, the lacquered wooden benches still burned my legs under my navy sundress and my feet didn’t touch the ground…
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She Plants Native Grasses and Counts Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs: An Interview with Pamela Pettyjohn
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On an overcast, unseasonably mild Saturday in February, Pamela Pettyjohn, co-founder and president of the Coney Island Beautification Project, lead me on a tour of her coastal neighborhood in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York...
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Yumi Rodriguez
Worlds within Worlds
Uncommon Perspectives on our Shared Planet...
